Ashanti Akua'ba Fertility Doll Ex Endicott Collection - May 13, 2023 | Tribal Gatherings In Pa
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Ashanti Akua'ba Fertility Doll Ex Endicott Collection
Ashanti Akua'ba Fertility Doll Ex Endicott Collection
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Description
A carved wooden fertility idol, consecrated by priests and 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 in actual practice by gentle modeling of an infant's soft cranial bones. 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. Ashanti peoples, Ghana, Africa. The sculpture measures 9.5 inches tall ( 12 inches tall on professional display stand which is included) Provenance: Dr Jean & Noble Endicott collection, New York, New York.
Condition
Very well worn, smooth, appears to have been repaired , central fracture
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Ashanti Akua'ba Fertility Doll Ex Endicott Collection

Estimate $500 - $800
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Starting Price $50
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