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Lot 375
Two Wooden Fertility Figures From Ghana
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
20th century, the first being Ashanti, allover ochre stain or paint, the back of the figure's discoidal head carved to depict two rats and a frog beneath a mushroom (17.25 in.) (a few chips to the finish); the second work with a label reading "Fanti Fertility Doll," ebonized wood with areas of hammered metal decoration (31.25 in.) (light wear to high points).

The Kampong, Palm Beach, FL (accompanied by a receipt dated 14 November 1984) Estate of Harry & Elinor Lynn, Washington, D.C. and Palm Beach, FL

$200 - 300