AN AKAN LINGUIST'S STAFF FINIAL
AN AKAN LINGUIST'S STAFF FINIAL

GHANA

細節
AN AKAN LINGUIST'S STAFF FINIAL
Ghana
The spherical base carved all over with geometric ornament surmounted by an oval platform on which two figures face each other, a male seated on a typical Akan stool with one hand held to his mouth, and a standing male with one hand held to his ear and the other on his stomach, the whole painted with reddish brown pigment and with remains of gold leaf.
14½ in. (37 cm.) high
來源
Julius Carlebach, New York, 1964