Fertility Figure (akua'ba)
Artist
Asante artist
Datelate 19th–early 20th Century
Associated withAfrica
MediumWood
Dimensions15 1/2 × 5 3/8 × 2 in. (39.4 × 13.7 × 5.1 cm)
(with mount): 15 3/4 × 5 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (40 × 13.7 × 6.4 cm)
(with mount): 15 3/4 × 5 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (40 × 13.7 × 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Amy Sweeney
Object number2019.2
On View
On viewProvenanceBarbara and Joseph Goldenberg, Los Angeles, CA; to Ernest Wolfe and Amy Sweeney, Los Angeles, CA; given to NCMA, 2019.
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