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Ashanti Fertility Figure (1 of 5)
IM Chaney Antique Furniture
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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
additional info
location
This Ashanti Fertility Figure is located in City of Bristol, United Kingdom
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