Fertility Figure
Artist
Unknown African
CultureFante peoples
Titles
- 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
Not on view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
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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Unknown African
1900–1930
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, nails, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1448.A,.B