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THBBron standing male figure with gold leaf, 20th c.
Lot 62
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Quinn's Auction Galleries
360 S. Washington Street
Falls Church, VA 22046
United States
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2016-10-01 11:00:00
2016-10-02 11:00:00
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A standing male figure covered in gold leaf. Ghana, Bron/Brong. 20th century. 19 1/2" h x 7"w x 8 1/2"d.
Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Catalog Notes: "The standing male figure from the Mert Simpson Collection is undoubtedly Bron or Brong, from western Ghana. Given the gold leaf/paint, it is thought to have come from a royal shrine. There is an outside chance that it may have been one of a set of "display figures" set up by itinerant musical drumming groups--"Ntan". These usually consist of a chief and Queen mother, a constable with prisoner and a spokesman. However, there is a seated male figure in the Glassell Coll., The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, that is a closer match stylistically, and that is perhaps by the same hand. Here, the nude male figure is seated on a stool, is covered in gold leaf, wears shoes, and is said to date between 1900--1930. It has the same round head with slightly bulging eyeballs, finely-ringed neck, legs nipped-in below the knees, arms made of separate pieces of wood--upper arm and lower, bent at the elbows, in two pieces, with fingers carved individually. Arms join the torso in a distinctive way: the torso actually projects out a bit, so that it is almost T-shaped, and the armpit is square. (I have also seen this on some old Fante figures, but Fante faces are different, and Bron is a better fit). The arms on the Simpson piece look as if they have been reworked, and there is undoubtedly some meaning for the clenched fist, but I don't know what it could be beyond a power symbol." Dr. Martha J. Ehrlich - Shipping Info
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