Fertility Figure, Akuaba

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
On view

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Department
African Art
Object Type
ProvenanceProbably [Maurice Bonnefoy, New York]; Dr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
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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