Female Figure (akua'ba)
late 1800s–early 1900s
Maker Unknown
African Art
Female Figure (akua'ba), late 1800s–early 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Fante-style maker. Wood, hair, resin, and bone; overall: 42.9 x 4.6 x 5.1 cm (16 7/8 x 1 13/16 x 2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1975.158 Akua'ba are always female, both because Akua’s first child was a girl, and because the Akan and Fante societies are matrilineal, meaning that it is women that extend the family line.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Wood, hair, resin, and bone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 42.9 x 4.6 x 5.1 cm (16 7/8 x 1 13/16 x 2 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 1975.158
- Credit Line
- Gift of Katherine C. White
- Exhibitions
- The Arts of Ghana, CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 106, repr.<br>CMA 1976: "Year in Review 1975," CMA Bulletin LXIII (Feb., 1976), p. 65, no. 22<br>Los Angeles, UCLA, Dickson Art Center, 1977-1978: "The Arts of Ghana," cat. no. 212, p. 107, repr. p. 106. also traveled to Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN and Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 108C Akan & Yoruba
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