Akuaba of fertility

Religious figure or guardian of reliquary
25 de March de 2018
Protective doll with son
26 de April de 2018

Description
Ref. 650
AKUABA OF FERTILITY.
ASHANTI ETHNIA. GHANA (AFRICA). S. XIX- early XX

Height: 32 cm

Nice Akuaba with abundant sculptural details: head shaped neck and nose in high relief, embroidered glass eyes, scarlet tattoos on the cheeks, long neck and a multitude of necklaces, arms crossed, navel out, marked backbone, borders with triangular incision decoration behind the head and a good pigmentation in black.

From private collection of the New York writer Stanley Yalkowsky.

Price: 1,500 €