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Fante figure, Ghana
wood, kaolin powder, beads
16.25" tall
ex Gordon Foster collection, NYC
$350
Fante Akua'ba figures are used in the same manner as those produced by the Asante people. They are generally carved with rectangular
heads, unlike the circular heads of the Asante ones, and without arms.
I've only come across a few examples on Fante figures like this with double heads. In the auction listing where I acquired these they were listed
as possible staff finials, which could be the case, but I've run these figures past a couple of experts in the field who said they had never seen
figures like this in use in a traditional context and thought they were most likely objects created for and made for the collecting market.
wood, kaolin powder, beads
16.25" tall
ex Gordon Foster collection, NYC
$350
Fante Akua'ba figures are used in the same manner as those produced by the Asante people. They are generally carved with rectangular
heads, unlike the circular heads of the Asante ones, and without arms.
I've only come across a few examples on Fante figures like this with double heads. In the auction listing where I acquired these they were listed
as possible staff finials, which could be the case, but I've run these figures past a couple of experts in the field who said they had never seen
figures like this in use in a traditional context and thought they were most likely objects created for and made for the collecting market.
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