BoW-19 / Akua'ba - Akan (Fante), Ghana

Height: 11.6 in / 29.5 cm

Wood, pigment

ex Merton Simpson, NY, USA
ex Jeff Rasmussen, USA
Rand Ningali, CO, USA
ex Karlsson | Wickman, Sweden
Collection of Ron van Doorn, Netherlands

Publication History: Ron van Doorn, Herbert M. Cole (preface), Akua’ba Akan: Wednesday Child, 2023, figure 2967, plates 37, 48, 53, 67, 87, 128

A clearly old and well-used figure. I’ve always read the upright projections on the head as braided hairstyles worn by Fante women; sometimes they stand apart, and here they come together, which gives the figure a subtle but distinctive presence.

Previously sold - included for reference purposes.