Fertility Figure, Akuaba

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CultureAsante peoples

Titles

Fertility Figure, Akuaba
Fertility Figure, akua-ba

Date1900–1930

PlaceGhana, Africa

MediumWood

DimensionsWhole: Sculpturewhole: 13 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 1 3/4 inches

Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection

Object number91.1441

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

200 Brown Gallery

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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 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-April 9, 2015 PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATION

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