Ashanti Akuaba Fertility Figure

African Ashanti Akuaba Fertility Figure, carved wood. Large figure holds an infant, with two children about her legs. Carved animal designs on her forehead. 2Lbs. 26 inches height. From a private coll

DESCRIPTION: Ashanti Akuaba fertility figure. Disc-shaped head, black lacquered surface, pole-shaped body, with yellow beads and cording. On stand. PROVENANCE: From the Saul and Florence Putterman Col

DESCRIPTION: Ashanti Akuaba fertility figure. Disc-shaped head, black lacquered surface, pole-shaped body, with beads and cording. PROVENANCE: From the Saul and Florence Putterman Collection, Sarasota

African Carved Ashanti Akuaba Doll / Fertility Figure. This item cannot e=be exported from Canada. Figure measures 5.5 inches H, 7 H with wood base.

An Ashanti Akauba carved wood fertilty figure. 14 in tall x 4-3/4 in wide

Lot 163 Ashanti Akua'ba Figure, West Africa, Ghana with base: 12 x 4 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches Provenance: Estate of Howard A. Smith carved and painted fertility figure with beaded element

A 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 mounte

Lot 164 Ashanti Akua'ba Figure, West Africa, Ghana with base: 13 x 5 x 1 1/4 inches Provenance: Estate of Howard A. Smith carved and painted fertility figure with mounted to a wooden base

An Ashanti "Akuaba" wood fertility dollEarly/mid-20th century, Ashanti Peoples; Ghana, AfricaThe carved wood stylized female figure with beaded decoration at the neck and base; with later ad

African Akuaba Fertility Doll measures 16.5 in. tall. Owner notes states Ashanti Tribe Ghana, Africa, purchased there in 1977. Note felt has been adhered to bottom of stand. If lot is absent of a cond

An Ashanti Akuaba. Carved wood fertility doll contained in a lucite and wood display case Figure height: 10.5"

Two African Fertility Doll Figures From Ghana- Comprising: a carved wood Ashanti Fertility Doll 13 1/4" h, mounted on metal base. Together with a Fanti Akua'ba Doll of wood with metal eyes and glass b

West Africa, Ghana, Asante (also Ashanti, Achanti) people, ca. 1980s CE. An impressive, hand-carved wooden figure known as an Akua'ba (also Akuaba) on an integral plinth, painted in a rich, black pigm

**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Ghana, Asante (Ashanti, Achanti) people, ca. mid 20th century CE. A painted, dark wood example of a disk-headed akua ba (akuaba) figure. The figure stands on

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Ghana, Asante (Ashanti, Achanti) people, ca. mid 20th century CE. A painted, dark wood example of a disk-headed akua ba (akuaba) figure. The figure stands on a c

An 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 | All

Fine Ashanti Fertility Figure, Ghana akua'ba Wood with black patina, beads Height 9 1/4in (23.5cm) Provenance Constance McCormick Fearing Collection, Santa Barbara, acquired in the 1960s Thence by de

Ashanti akua'ba fertility doll, 19th/20th c., Ghana, carved wood, strung beads, later enameled steel stand, accompanied by gallery letter of authentication dated 1966, 15"h x 6"w Provenance: Furman Ga

West African Fertility Figure carved and stained wearing a trade Bead Necklace, 19 inches tall

An Akan Akuaba Fertility Figure, Ghana, with broad flat head, tufts of hair along top ridge, raised facial features above a stout body with conical indications of arms and breasts; beadwork earrings a

An Ashanti Fertility Figure Ghana Height 13 3/4 inches. Provenance: Art Market, Chicago, Illinois. Howard Jacobs Collection, California, acquired 1970s; thence by decent. (With signed statement from c

A 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 sculpt

An Ashanti akuaba Fertility Doll Height: 7 ¾ inches HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

A 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 hi