Ancestral couple sitting on stools altar figures of the Akan Togo middle of the 20th century

Ancestral couple sitting on stools, altar figures of the Akan (Togo); middle of the 20th century (1950 – 1960); male and female ancestors; Ghana / Togo; Stools and figures carved individually; partly with a crusty patina; the two figures were bought in Lomé in the 1970s; traces of use according to age; measurements: 25 cm; provenance „Jürgen Maurer (1939-2018)“, prominent businessman, art collector and chronicler from Heppenheim (Germany) http://www.kunstsammlungmaurer.de