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GHANA
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AN ASHANTI DOLL
Ghana
Akua'ba, the flat circular face with features carved in shallow relief, the reverse of the head with carved geometric ornament heightened with blue pigment, the cylindrical body with ringed neck and small conical breasts, the tapering outstretched arms pierced at the tips for ornaments, three strands of colored beads about the body, black patina.
14½ in. (37 cm.) high
Ghana
Akua'ba, the flat circular face with features carved in shallow relief, the reverse of the head with carved geometric ornament heightened with blue pigment, the cylindrical body with ringed neck and small conical breasts, the tapering outstretched arms pierced at the tips for ornaments, three strands of colored beads about the body, black patina.
14½ in. (37 cm.) high
Provenance
Julius Carlebach, New York, 1964