Two figurines, one in the shape of a head and one in the shape of a figure with its hands on its belly. Beautiful specimens of the Koma Bulsa. In the 1980s, the first figurines in this style were found in fired clay in the Upper West Region of Ghana, in the area now inhabited by the Koma (e.g. in Yikpabongo, Tantuosi, Wumobri) and the Bulsa (Builsa). They were dated from the 13th to 18th centuries.
The age of these figurines is unknown. They come with the professional stands.
Dimensions:
- Right (first photo): 4.5 * 4.5 * 17 (including stand) / 5 * 4.5 * 14.5 (without stand)
- Left (first photo): 5 * 5 * 18 (including stand) / 4 * 5.5 * 16 (without stand)
Provenance: Auction house de Zwaan Amsterdam (2024) | The Fred Smit collection (for 2024)
Fred Smit - teacher and historian Fred Smit made his first purchase in 1968 and would steadily expand his collection over the following decades to include objects from distant cultures. His interest was mainly in Africa and Oceania and he bought from recognised galleries, including Galerie Lemaire, Galerie Mabuhay (Rob Kok), Kunsthandel Aalderink and Michel Thieme in Amsterdam. His interests proved diverse: besides masks and sculptures, there were also weapons, carpets and various utensils. Visitors were amazed by the order with which the collector at his home in Haarlem managed to place each object in the big picture of shapes and colours, contributing to an imaginative interpretation of objects from exotic cultures.
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