Mask - Ghana (No reserve price)

Ashanti Akua'ba Doll - A superb Ashanti doll intended for women's fertility. Young girls and women of childbearing age touched or carried figurines like this with them to improve their chances of becoming pregnant. This one is truly remarkable because its body is not merely a simple cylinder as is often seen, but a very realistic form in which the chest is strongly emphasized. Pearls adorn the figure.

The highly stylized shape of pieces like this would trace back to a very ancient tradition: the