Fertility Figure
Artist
Unknown African
CultureFante
Titles
- Fertility Figure
- Akua'ba
DateEarly 20th century
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood, glass beads, and plant fiber
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (33.7 × 6.4 × 6 cm)
Base: 3 5/8 × 3 7/8 × 3 1/2 in. (9.2 × 9.8 × 8.9 cm)
Base: 3 5/8 × 3 7/8 × 3 1/2 in. (9.2 × 9.8 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2024.560
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
203M Sterling Galleries
Exposé
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Department
African ArtObject Type
[1] Sotheby's Paris Catalog, 2009.
Exhibition HistoryMFAH, 2009-present
Published References African Arts, volume XXXV, no. 2, Summer 2002. Back cover. Sotheby's Paris, Phillipe Guimiot et Domitilla de Grunne Collection d'Art Premier (PF9025), June 15, 2009, pages 9, 33, and 145. Doran Ross, "Commentary on the Fante Akua'ba in the Frank Carroll Collection." Date unknown. Pages 1-8 (unpublished). Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Unknown African
1925–1950
Plant fiber, pangolin skin, snake skin, elephant hair, glass buttons, glass beads, and feathers
90.500
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
early 20th century
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted, KPSI: 208
B.75.53
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
mid- 19th–late 19th century
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted, KPSI: 224
B.69.535
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1850–1875
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted pile, KPSI: 80
B.75.45
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1900
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 42
B.75.44
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1850–1875
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted open to the left, KSPI: 266
B.75.48
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
17th century
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted pile
B.60.94
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1875–1900
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 72
B.76.199
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1910–1920
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted open to the left, KSPI: 266
B.70.19