Female Figure
Fante people, Ghana
Wood with black paint and kaolin pigmentation, trade-beads
Circa: 2nd quarter, 20th century
Philippe Ratton, Paris
Marc Franklin, Portland
Height: 18.5”/47cm
This Fante female figure was kept in a shrine where homage could be paid to the important female ancestor that it represented and where the significance of ancestral lineage would be reinforced.
$6000
