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Ashanti Fertility Figure

REF: LA385345
£65
€76
$82
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Description
his Ashanti fertility figure from Ghana in Africa features a disk-headed akuaba figure and is one of the most recognizable forms in African art. Akua ba are primarily carried by women who hope to conceive a child. The flat, disklike head is a strongly exaggerated convention of the Akan ideal of beauty: a high, oval forehead, slightly flattened. The flattened shape of the sculpture also serves a practical purpose, since women carry the figures against their backs wrapped in their skirt, evoking the manner that infants are carried. The figure has been mounted on a more modern base for display purposes.
measurements
Height:
22.5 cm
Width:
6 cm
Depth:
3.5 cm
Height excluding base:
20.5 cm
declaration
IM Chaney Antique Furniture has clarified that the Ashanti Fertility Figure (LA385345) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being c.1920
condition
Small items are normally sent free of charge to mainland UK
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location
This Ashanti Fertility Figure is located in United Kingdom
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