Two fertiliy dolls ·  Ghana, Fante · ID: 3032645

Description

wood, brown patina, conical armless trunk, a columnar neck carved with rings, crowned by an elongated flat face with schematized facial features, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, h: 27 cm; additional a fertility doll “akua ba” of the Ashanti, Ghana, of typical form, a big-sized disc-shaped head with incised skin scarification marks, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, h: 33 cm

The object Two fertiliy dolls with the object ID 3032645 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 188 achieved a sales price of EUR 220.

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