Standing figure

Description

wood, black patina, kaolin, rising from long legs, the short arms carved in flat relief, the circular head with asymmetrical arranged eyes and prominent ears, slanting soles, slightly dam., cracks, missing parts (lower part of the body, feet), on metal plate;
the Abron belong to the ethnic group of the Akan inhabiting the greater part of southern Ghana and parts of central Ivory Coast. In woodcarvings the geographical location of the Baule in the west and the Ashanti in the east can easily be seen: the result is an interesting and sometimes qualitatively significant mixture of styles.