hand-carved african art, i think?

[dgarrison]

I am new to this so i will do my best to describe what i found. it stands about 3 feet tall, carved out of a piece of wood. It has 3 kids on it a boy is climbing a tree, a girl is pushing him up the tree, and another boy is sitting by himself covering his ears. it is very well done. it also has 2 huts in the background, there are very fine details in it

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[AlabamaRelic]

show a pic of the back. put something in for scale.

[dgarrison]

the first one she is 5'7 and it goes to her waist level, the second is the back, and the third is the wood grain

[dgarrison]

any chance you know anything about this

[DCMatt]

I spent some time researching this when it was first posted. I was hoping it depicted a scene from some famous African folklore but I could not find anything similar.

DCMatt

[IronSpike]

Welcome to Tnet dgarrison

This site has some wall art that resemables yours (West Ghana) :

Movie Posters and Vinyl Records : ORIGINAL GHANA WEST AFRICAN WOOD CARVING -(WALL ART)

Here's more:

Art Gallery - Sculpture Wood - Relief Panels Cultural

"In Akan we say 'wo foro dua pa a na ye pie wo,' ('climb a good tree before you are pushed')"

[DCMatt]

In Ghana there is a proverb:

"If you find a good tree, someone will always help you climb it.”

OR

"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."

DCMatt