Fertility doll "akua ba" · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3037935
Vendu
400 €
Description
wood, encrusted blackish brown patina, three strings of glass beads, variation of the pure abstract form: facial features, breasts, navel and legs with naturalistic appeal, T-shaped arms allusively carved with hands, the common disc shape of the face restricted on the coiffure, slightly dam., minor missing parts, patina peeled off in parts
Littérature comparée
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 38