Female figure (Akuaba)
Date20th century
Maker
Ghanaian
Object number81.17.439
Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, California, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, African Art in Motion: Icon and Act, Jan. 20 - Mar. 17, 1974 (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, May 5 - Sept. 22, 1974). Text by Robert Farris Thompson. No cat. no., pp. 52-53, reproduced pl. 58 (as "akuaba").
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Documents International: Reflections in the Mirror: A World of Identity, Apr. 23, 1998 - June 20, 1999.Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions12 3/8 x 2 5/16 x 1 3/8 in. (31.5 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm)
MediumWood, string, and beads
Object number: 81.17.700
Object number: 81.17.913