Lot of two dolls of Ashanti style Ghana Wood, metal H: 31 and 32 cm Description: The faces of the dolls of typically circular shapes of small inverted half-arc eyebrows are finely engraved. The eyes signified by fine horizontal incised lines give the impression that the effigies have closed eyes. The body shape is schematically long with a cylindrical bust and legs, the arms spread out. On one of them a small conical chest, on the other the neck is adorned with a metallic necklace. ASHANTI GHANA STYLE - 2 DOLLS

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