Bono/Brong Akuaba Wood Carved Female Doll
Bono/Brong Akuaba Wood Carved Female Doll
Bono/Brong Akuaba Wood Carved Female Doll
Bono/Brong Akuaba Wood Carved Female Doll
Bono/Brong Akuaba Wood Carved Female Doll
Bono/Brong Akuaba Wood Carved Female Doll
Bono/Brong Akuaba Wood Carved Female Doll
Bono/Brong Akuaba Wood Carved Female Doll
Bono/Brong Akuaba Wood Carved Female Doll
Bono/Brong Akuaba Wood Carved Female Doll
Bono/Brong Akuaba Wood Carved Female Doll
Bono/Brong Akuaba Wood Carved Female Doll
Bono/Brong Akuaba Wood Carved Female Doll
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Bono/Brong Akuaba Wood Carved Female Doll

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Ghana, rising from a simple, cylindrical body, with a grooved tubular neck and flattened face with arched brows, semi-circular eyes, slender nose, small mouth, and straight chin. Incised, geometric markings on face and old beads around neck.

Among the Asante and other Akan peoples, a legendary woman, Akua, gave birth to a beautiful daughter after carrying a small figure as advised by a priest. As a result, Asante women carry these figures to insure the birth of beautiful and healthy children. After childbirth an akuaba figure, almost always female, is retained by a mother as a memento and sometimes as a teaching device for girls, or placed in the shrine of the priest who consecrated it.

These types of dolls usually have cylinder-like torsos, often with projecting horizontal arms and large flattened heads. The high foreheads relate to an Akan practice of modeling the pliable crania of infants. The ringed neck is an exaggeration of neck fat and alludes to beauty and well-being. The semi-circular eyebrows meeting at the bridge of the nose and a small mouth typify these carvings, among the most iconic forms in African art. This classic example shows wear from years of handling.
Split down forehead, as well as down the back of the head and neck. Otherwise in good condition.
Size: 10 inches H + base. 

Provenance: from the Estate of Maurice Solomon; Ex. Amyas Naegele, New York; Ex. Gary M. Karlson, San Diego. AHDRC object ao-0051375.

 

 

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