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Standing figure with oversized hands, Ghana, Akan, Size: H: 22 cm (H: 8.7 inch), ID: 3047710
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Lot 101
96th Auction

Standing figure with oversized hands ·  Ghana, Akan · ID: 3047710

not available anymore
Provenance
Laurent van Ham, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
Size
H: 22 cm
H: 8.7 inch

Description

wood, pigments, missing part, base

Beautifully carved figure. Particular care was taken with the eyes and the oversized hands. Possibly she was once part of an ensemble of figures crowning a speaker’s staff.

The object Standing figure with oversized hands with the object ID 3047710 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 101.

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Comparing literature

Cole, Herbert M. & Doran H. Ross, The Arts of Ghana, Los Angeles 1977, fig. 10

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