Figural superstructure of a speakers staff: policeman and prisoner · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3038380
Adam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britain
Description
wood, black and light brown patina, rising from a rectangular platform, arranged one after the other, the prisoner with rope around the belly, holding a small anthropomorphic head in his right hand, slightly dam., small traces of insect caused damage (cap), breakage (rope);
surely depicting a proverb which the Akan use on both everyday and formal occasions of every variety.
L’objet Figural superstructure of a speakers staff: policeman and prisoner avec l’ID d’objet 3038380 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 79th Tribal Art Auction dans 21 mars 2015 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 232 a atteint un prix de vente de 400 €.
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Littérature comparée
Cole, Herbert M. & Doran H. Ross, The Arts of Ghana, Los Angeles 1977, p. 9