Fante (Akan)
Female Figure (Akua’ba)
Fante, 1900
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Fante (Akan)
Female Figure (Akua’ba)
Fante, 1900
Physical Qualities
Wood, beads, cord, 10 7/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (26.5 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Geneviève McMillan in Memory of Reba Stewart
Object Number
2008.175
Wooden figure with two legs (front portion of feet are broken off), no arms, and rectangular head. Four raised keloid marks on back and sides. Back and sides of head are carved with triangle and half-circle patterns. Necklace of blue and red beads.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2008; Geneviève McMillan, Cambridge, Massachusetts
