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Lot 71
  • 71

Deux bâtonnets, Ashanti, Akan, Ghana

Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 EUR
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Description

  • Deux bâtonnets, Ashanti, Akan
  • haut. a) 13,5 cm b) 20,5 cm
  • a) 5 1/3 in b) 8 in

Provenance

Collectés par Karl-Heinz Krieg entre 1962 et 1964 à Kumasi, Ghana
Transmis par descendance

Exhibited

a) Los Angeles, University of California, Frederick S. Wight Gallery, The Arts of Ghana, 11 octobre - 11 décembre 1977. Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, 11 février - 26 mars 1978. Dallas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 3 mai - 2 juillet 1978
b) Aalen, Kunstverein Aalen, Kunst der Akan, 21 juin - 20 août 1995

Literature

a) Tribus, Veröffentlichungen des Linden-Museums, Nr. 26, novembre 1977, p. 74, n° 4
Cole & Ross, The Arts of Ghana, 1977, p. 54, fig. 92a
b) Tribus, Veröffentlichungen des Linden-Museums, Nr. 26, novembre 1977, p. 77, n° 7
Kunstverein Aalen, Kunst der Akan, 1995, p. 15, n° 11

Condition

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Catalogue Note

Ces rares bâtonnets, très délicatement ouvragés, étaient parfois offerts à une jeune fille par un prétendant. Ils illustrent des adages qui lui étaient personnellement adressés et rendent hommage à sa beauté.