AN ASHANTI DOLL, akua'ba, the reverse of the disc-like head with three carved bands, female sex engraved on flared body, arms missing, circular base, black patina 35.5cm. high

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AN ASHANTI DOLL, akua'ba, the reverse of the disc-like head with three carved bands, female sex engraved on flared body, arms missing, circular base, black patina 35.5cm. high

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A similar akua'ba was collected by Henry Stanley on his return from the search for Livingstone in Africa, and is now in the Musée royale de l'afrique centrale, Tervuren: the present example is also certainly nineteenth century

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