fertility figure - Agni - Ghana (No Reserve Price)

Selected by Julien Gauthier

A female figure positioned on a lion is a way of symbolizing its fertility in the broadest sense, referring to a good harvest, a healthy family and a prosperous future for the community. This kind of figures were used by harvest rituals of placed in a shrine. The object shows signs of use (dark patina) and is delicately carved. Provenance: collected in situ by a Dutch botanical surveyor in the 1970.

No. 82374819

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fertility figure - Agni - Ghana (No Reserve Price)

A female figure positioned on a lion is a way of symbolizing its fertility in the broadest sense, referring to a good harvest, a healthy family and a prosperous future for the community. This kind of figures were used by harvest rituals of placed in a shrine. The object shows signs of use (dark patina) and is delicately carved.
Provenance: collected in situ by a Dutch botanical surveyor in the 1970.

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fertility figure - Agni - Ghana (No Reserve Price)

Selected by Julien Gauthier

fertility figure - Agni - Ghana (No Reserve Price)