CultureAsante peoples
Titles
- Fertility Figure, Akuaba
- Fertility Figure (akua-ba)
Date1900–1950
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood, glass beads, and string
Dimensions9 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 1 in. (24.8 × 8.3 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1440
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
203M Sterling Galleries
Exposé
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Department
African ArtObject Type
Exhibition History“The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 11, 1989-August 13, 1989.
EXHIBITED at MFAH, Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-present PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATION
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1870–1900
Wood, sacrificial matter, cotton cloth, string, and glass beads
91.237
1900–1930
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, nails, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1448.A,.B
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1934–1967
Wood, beads of glass and other material, brass rings
86.415
