Sold2023A Fine Akua'ba Doll from the Ashanti Ex Endicott CollectionA carved wooden sculpture with enlarged and flattened head and some incised designs, a well worn surface patina indicates good age and handling. Although often referred to as dolls, they are fertilitySee Sold Price
Sold2023Ashanti Akua'ba Fertility Doll Ex Endicott CollectionA carved wooden fertility idol, consecrated by priests and carried by women who hope to conceive a child. The flat, disklike head is a strongly exaggerated convention of the Akan ideal of beauty: a hiSee Sold Price
Sold2024A Fine Ashanti Akua'Ba Fertility Doll Ex Warkow CollectionA classic carved wooden fertility doll or idol with enlarged flat head and simplistic form, well handled and weathered surface suggesting field use and wear. Ashanti peoples, Ghana, Africa. The sculptSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Pair of Ashanti Combs Ex Rosen CollectionThis lot contains two carved wooden Combs with ancestor Akua'ba doll faces as the handle and have been custom mounted. The Combs measure 10 x 3 x 2 inches. Ashanti peoples, Ghana, Africa. Provenance:See Sold Price
Sold2023Lot Of Ashanti Sculptures Ex Rosen CollectionA Lot of Three wood carvings from the Ashanti peoples of Ghana. The Sculpture in the Middle is a Akua'ba doll and it measures 15.25 x 6.25 inches, the other two are Combs and the each measure 13.5 andSee Sold Price
Sold2023Lot of Three Ashanti Combs Ex Rosen CollectionThis lot contains three large hand carved wooden Combs from the Ashanti peoples, each with stylized Akua'ba or fertility doll as the top finial handle. The largest comb measures 21 x 6.5 x 2 inches. TSee Sold Price
Sold2023Large AkuAba Fertility Doll, Ashanti Style, Ghana.Large AkuAba Fertility Doll, Ashanti Style, Ghana. Copy. Size 19 3/8 inches high. Ex. Scott & Stuart Gentling Collection, acquired prior to 1980.See Sold Price
Sold2021Ashanti Akuaba Doll Ex Galerie Robert Duperrier, ParisA very fine old carved wooden sculpture of Akua'Ba,( Child of Akua) a wooden idol consecrated by priests and carried by women who hope to conceive a child. The flat, disc like head is an exaggerated cSee Sold Price
Sold2021African Ashanti Akua'ba Doll, Ghana, Early 20th C.African Ashanti Akua'ba Doll, Ghana, Early 20th c. Carved wood, rich patina. On stand. Size: 7.5'' x 2'' x 1'' (19 x 5 x 3 cm); Height on stand: 11'' (28 cm). Ex. Cathryn Cootner Estate Collection, SoSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Fine Ashanti Comb Ex Endicott CollectionA very finely carved wooden comb with stylized mask like anthropomorphic face and some linear designs with a deep well handled surface patina. Ashanti / Akan peoples, Ghana, Africa. The Comb measuresSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Fine Old Akua'ba Doll Ex Volta Gallery 1980A very fine old carved wooden sculpture of Akua'Ba,( Child of Akua) a wooden idol consecrated by priests and carried by women who hope to conceive a child. The flat, disc like head is an exaggerated cSee Sold Price
Sold2024A Fine Ashanti Akua'ba DollA finely carved wooden doll with classic treatment to the large flat head and stylized form, adorned with glass beads, well handled surface. Ashanti peoples, Ghana, Africa. The Doll measures 10 x 4 inSee Sold Price
Sold2019A Fine Ashanti Akua'ba Fertility Doll, African ArtA Lovely carved wooden doll with round flat head and ribbed neck, classic form. Ashanti peoples, Ghana, Africa. The sculpture measures 13 inches tall.See Sold Price
Sold2024Fine Akuaba Fertility Doll, Southern GhanaAshanti people, wood fertility doll, 20th century. Incredibly detailed and preserved this beautiful fertility doll includes several glass bead necklaces in varying colors from red, yellow, blues and gSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Yoruba Ibeji Twin Idol - Ex Endicott collection, New YorkA very fine Old Yoruba Ibeji twin doll with a deep well handled surface patina and elaborate embellishments such as yellow glass beads, numerous black glass beads and large heavy copper rings. YorubaSee Sold Price
SoldFour Ashanti Dolls, GhanaFour Ashanti Dolls, Ghana akua'ba Wood with black patina, beads Heights 10 1/4 - 15 1/2in (26 - 39.5cm) Provenance Constance McCormick Fearing Collection, Santa Barbara, CA, acquired in the 1960s ThenSee Sold Price
Sold2020An Ashanti akuaba Fertility Doll Ghana, 20th ceAn Ashanti akuaba Fertility Doll Ghana, 20th century Provenance: Property from the Collection of Bernard and Elsa Wolf, Houston, TX Height: 13 inches HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | AllSee Sold Price
Sold2021Ashanti Akua'ba Terracotta Sculpture Ex MuseumA Finely crafted terracotta clay sculpture with stylized flat head and face similar to the Akua'ba fertility dolls, Painted and embellished with red glass beads and copper wire earrings. Ashanti peoplSee Sold Price
Sold2022Fertility doll "akua 'ba" - Ghana, Akan, Ashantiwood, base H: 24 cm, H: 9,4 inch Provenance: German Private CollectionSee Sold Price
Sold2020A Fine Ashanti Akua'Ba Fertility IdolA finely carved Akua'ba doll considered a fertility idol. The figure has a very thinly carved enlarged circular head and normal body . Ashanti peoples, Ghana, Africa. The figure has been custom mounteSee Sold Price
Sold201710 Ashanti Akuaba Figures10 Ashanti Akuaba Figures. Ghana, Africa. Carved wood. Largest size: 30'' x 8'' x 3.25'' (76 x 20 x 8 cm). Provenance: ex New York private ethnographic arts collection. Note: This is a NO RESERVE auctSee Sold Price
Sold2016A Fine Ashanti Akuba Doll sculpture, African Tribal ArtThis is a very fine wood sculpture from the Ashanti peoples of Ghana, West Africa. Featuring the image of Akua'ba ,a mythical young woman's spirit who is said to aid in the fertility of women. Note thSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Fine Old Yoruba Doll Ex Endicott, Ex OliverA Finely carved wooden Omolangidi (Child's Doll) with incised geometric designs and embellished with old glass beads. Omolangidi meaning "child of wood" are Yoruba dolls carved as toys for young girlsSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Fine Bura Relic Ex Endicott CollectionA refined and classic Bura sculpture fragment of a head, with incised linear designs and "minimalist" facial features. Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture dating from the 3rd to 11th century, Niger, West AfricaSee Sold Price
Jun 08Simpson Galleries, LLC.AN AFRICAN "AKUABA" FERTILITY FIGURE OF MOTHER AND CHILD, ASHANTI, AKAN PEOPLE, GHANA, MID 20TH$100
Jun 17Material CultureCentral Anatolian Complete Chuval, Konya Area, Turkey, Mid 19th C., 2'4'' x 3'7''$300
Jun 17Material CultureCentral Anatolian Complete Chuval, Turkey, Early/Mid 19th C., 2'9'' x 3'7''$300