Two West African Dolls... (Total: 2 )

Description

Two West African Dolls
Ghana and Burkina Faso, late 19th to mid-20th century

One a Mossi biga; the other an Ashanti akuaba. The Ashanti missing her feet, otherwise both in good condition. Each with wood stand.

Provenance:
Property from the Private Collection of Dr. John Ross, Sr.

The Ashanti akuaba exhibited and published:
Isn't She a Doll; Play and Ritual in African Sculpture, by Elisabeth L Cameron and Doran H. Ross, UCLA Museum of Cultural History, 1996, no. 17.

Both exhibited and published:
African Ritual Dolls, by Georges Rodrigues, the University Museum, Philadelphia, 1974.
African Heritage Documentation and Research Centre #0167613 for the Ashanti akuaba and #0167561 for the Mossi.

Heights: 9 inches each

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