Description: wood, polychrome painted, miniature glass beads, separately carved arms, base Two figures by the same artist are shown in Cole & Ross (1977), p. 179, fig. 357. Another was auctioned at Zemanek-Münster on 29 June 2019 (lot 149). This figure was most probably part of a grouping of figures on a support for one of the "ntan" or "ompe" drums that form the popular drum ensembles among the Fante. AHDRC: 0161353 Continent: Africa
Dimensions: H: 34 cm, H: 13,4 inch
Condition Report: See description
Literature: Cole, Herbert M. & Doran H. Ross, The Arts of Ghana, Los Angeles 1977, p. 179
Provenance: Harrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands