Tribal Art - 2nd July 2013
Lot 716
An Ashanti maternity figure by Kwaku Bempah
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2000
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Description
An Ashanti maternity figure by Kwaku Bempah, father of Osei Bonsu, pre 1920, with angled ovoid heads, the mother with the child on her back, with protruding thumbs and with a bead necklace, on a later wood stand, 18in (46cm) h.
Provenance - Ex. collection Monika Wengraf.