Asante
Female Figure (Akua’ ba)
Asante, 1900
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Asante
Female Figure (Akua’ ba)
Asante, 1900
Physical Qualities
Wood, beads, 30 H x 11.2 W x 3.4 D cm.
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift
Object Number
2002.128
With large oval, flat face, two truncated horizontal arms, and a truncated torso with breasts, navel and genitals indicated; rings around neck; forehead ornamented with vertical lines and other linear designs with a four-pointed rosette; rear of head ornamented with two oval shapes with striations.
Karen Milbourne, BMA, "Meditations on African Art: PATTERN," March 12-August 17, 2008
