Fertility Figure

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CultureFante peoples

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Fertility Figure

Date1900–1930

PlaceGhana, Africa

MediumWood

DimensionsOverall: 13 × 5 1/2 × 4 in. (33 × 14 × 10.2 cm)

Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection

Object number91.1434

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Department

African Art

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceDr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED at MFAH, Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-present PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATION

“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.

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