Ashanti Bronze Erotic Figures

Thin figure holds a bowl-like cap while an antlered creature crouches in front.

This group of erotic bronze figures from the Ashanti people is Ashanti, from Ghana, West Africa, and dates to the 20th century. The Ashanti of Ghana have long been known for casting small objects in brass and bronze, including the weights once used to measure gold dust. Cast group on a rectangular base showing a seated figure with a flat disc on its head, and a long-limbed creature with raised branching horns facing it. The limbs are rod-thin. The surface is dark with an even sheen. It is 1 inches wide, 1 deep and 2 high.

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