CultureFante peoples
Titles
- Fertility Figure
- Akwaba
DateEarly 20th century
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood, glass beads, and plant fiber
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (33.7 × 6.4 × 6 cm)
Base: 3 5/8 × 3 7/8 × 3 1/2 in. (9.2 × 9.8 × 8.9 cm)
Base: 3 5/8 × 3 7/8 × 3 1/2 in. (9.2 × 9.8 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2024.560
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
203M Sterling Galleries
On view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
[1] Sotheby's Paris Catalog, 2009.
Exhibition HistoryMFAH, 2009-present
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Catalogue raisonnéN/A
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1925–1950
Plant fiber, pangolin skin, snake skin, elephant hair, glass buttons, glass beads, and feathers
90.500
Dominic Di Mare
1981
Handmade rag paper, Japanese paper, ink and Prismacolor pencil, Hawthoren wood, plant lead, unspun raw silk, Golden Pheasant feathers, gold leaf, bone, ostrich egg beads, wood beads, watercolor, and plastic box
2025.28
1900–1950
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1447.A-.C
1900–1930
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, nails, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1448.A,.B
