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Fertility Figure, Akuaba

Fertility Figure, Akuaba

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Fertility Figure, Akuaba
Artist
CultureAsante
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
203M Sterling Galleries
On view

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Department
African Art
Object Type
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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Unknown African
Fertility Figure, Akuaba
1900–1950
Wood, glass beads, and string
91.1440
Fertility Figure, Raogo-biga
Unknown African
Fertility Figure, Raogo-biga
1900–1930
Wood
91.1527
Fertility Figure (mwana hiti)
Unknown African
Fertility Figure (mwana hiti)
1900–1940
Wood and glass beads
91.1453
Fertility Figure (raogo-biga)
Unknown African
Fertility Figure (raogo-biga)
1900–1950
Wood, glass beads
91.1433
Fertility Figure (raogo-biga)
Unknown African
Fertility Figure (raogo-biga)
1900–1940
Wood and glass beads
91.1432
Fertility Figure
Unknown African
Fertility Figure
1900–1930
Wood
91.1434
Roan Antelope Headdress (Chi Wara society)
Unknown African
Roan Antelope Headdress (Chi Wara society)
1900–1935
Wood, brass tacks, tin, and nails
64.23
Fertility Figure
Unknown African
Fertility Figure
1900–1940
Wood, glass beads, and string
91.1508
Figure (biteki)
Unknown African
Figure (biteki)
1900–1950
Wood, traces of kaolin on the face, fiber belt
91.1455
Standing Male Fetish Figure (butti)
Unknown African
Standing Male Fetish Figure (butti)
1900–1950
Wood
91.1456
Female Twin Figure, Ere Ibeji, with Garment
Unknown African
Female Twin Figure, Ere Ibeji, with Garment
1900–1930
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, nails, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1448.A,.B
Standing Female Figure
Unknown African
Standing Female Figure
1900–1980
Gold leaf, wood, and beads
98.723
Unknown African