Once in a lifetime auction of African Art to be offered for public auction from the Rosen Collection!
Many of the articles in this auction from the Rosen collection are documented with explanations of their purpose(s) to the people of Ghana in the “Emblems of Power Asafo Flags from Ghana” By Mary Sue and Paul Peter Rosen. To purchase a copy of this book, please email our offices at info@aarauctions.com
Payment must be completed by Friday, February 20 by 3PM.
Pickup in Pleasant Valley, NY must be completed by Wednesday, February 25 at 3PM.
All lots sold as is, where is. Payment methods include cash, PayPal, MC, Visa, Discover or good check. You can make credit card payment online by going to your Member Area and selecting your invoice. To pay by PayPal, send money to info@aarauctions.com.
Many of the articles in this auction from the Rosen collection are documented with explanations of their purpose(s) to the people of Ghana in the “Emblems of Power Asafo Flags from Ghana” By Mary Sue and Paul Peter Rosen. To purchase a copy of this book, please email our offices at info@aarauctions.com
Payment must be completed by Friday, February 20 by 3PM.
Pickup in Pleasant Valley, NY must be completed by Wednesday, February 25 at 3PM.
All lots sold as is, where is. Payment methods include cash, PayPal, MC, Visa, Discover or good check. You can make credit card payment online by going to your Member Area and selecting your invoice. To pay by PayPal, send money to info@aarauctions.com.
Auction Info
Once in a lifetime auction of African Art to be offered for public auction from the Rosen Collection!
Many of the articles in this auction from the Rosen collection are documented with explanations of their purpose(s) to the people of Ghana in the “Emblems of Power Asafo Flags from Ghana” By Mary Sue and Paul Peter Rosen. To purchase a copy of this book, please email our offices at info@aarauctions.com
Payment must be completed by Friday, February 20 by 3PM.
Pickup in Pleasant Valley, NY must be completed by Wednesday, February 25 at 3PM.
All lots sold as is, where is. Payment methods include cash, PayPal, MC, Visa, Discover or good check. You can make credit card payment online by going to your Member Area and selecting your invoice. To pay by PayPal, send money to info@aarauctions.com.
Many of the articles in this auction from the Rosen collection are documented with explanations of their purpose(s) to the people of Ghana in the “Emblems of Power Asafo Flags from Ghana” By Mary Sue and Paul Peter Rosen. To purchase a copy of this book, please email our offices at info@aarauctions.com
Payment must be completed by Friday, February 20 by 3PM.
Pickup in Pleasant Valley, NY must be completed by Wednesday, February 25 at 3PM.
All lots sold as is, where is. Payment methods include cash, PayPal, MC, Visa, Discover or good check. You can make credit card payment online by going to your Member Area and selecting your invoice. To pay by PayPal, send money to info@aarauctions.com.
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Ewe woman’s “avonwe” cloth made from 14 hand woven, hand sewn strips. This exceptional textile displays unusually numerous supplementary weft designs including a butterfly, key, hand, table and 2 chairs, comb, umbrella, Akan stool, elephant, dragon fly, etc. Supplementary weft designs are woven into the cloth. This is not embroidery. Figurative supplementary weft designs are referred to as “scriptures” in Ghana. Cotton textile with rayon weft designs. 67inx46in. Anlo-Ewe people, Agbozume Ghana. Collected in Keta, Ghana. See” African Majesty” by P. Adler and N. Barnard plate 33 and pp.167-168 for similar but less elaborate textile. Exhibited Pen and Brush Gallery, New York 2005.
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Ewe woman’s “avonwe” cloth made from 14 hand woven, hand sewn strips. This exceptional textile displays unusually numerous supplementary weft designs including a butterfly, key, hand, table and 2 chairs, comb, umbrella, Akan stool, elephant, dragon fly, etc. Supplementary weft designs are woven into the cloth. This is not embroidery. Figurative supplementary weft designs are referred to as “scriptures” in Ghana. Cotton textile with rayon weft designs. 67inx46in. Anlo-Ewe people, Agbozume Ghana. Collected in Keta, Ghana. See” African Majesty” by P. Adler and N. Barnard plate 33 and pp.167-168 for similar but less elaborate textile. Exhibited Pen and Brush Gallery, New York 2005.
High Bid:
$100.00 – artie
Auction Type: One Lot
Quantity: 1
Bidding has closed on this lot