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GHANA
Details
AN AKAN LINGUIST'S STAFF FINIAL
Ghana
The spherical base carved all over with geometric ornament surmounted by an oval platform on which two figures face each other, a male seated on a typical Akan stool with one hand held to his mouth, and a standing male with one hand held to his ear and the other on his stomach, the whole painted with reddish brown pigment and with remains of gold leaf.
14½ in. (37 cm.) high
Ghana
The spherical base carved all over with geometric ornament surmounted by an oval platform on which two figures face each other, a male seated on a typical Akan stool with one hand held to his mouth, and a standing male with one hand held to his ear and the other on his stomach, the whole painted with reddish brown pigment and with remains of gold leaf.
14½ in. (37 cm.) high
Provenance
Julius Carlebach, New York, 1964