akua'ba
- Museum number
- Af1948,21.5
- Description
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Akua'ba, female 'doll' figure; made of wood with disc-shaped head, short projecting arms, ringed neck, breasts, and protruding navel. head stained black. Conical torso expanding to base. Head pierced with holes at top and to sides. Strings of multi-coloured glass beads attached through holes at sides.
- Production date
- 1890s-1900s (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 32.20 centimetres
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Width: 13.50 centimetres
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Depth: 5 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1948:
Wooden doll with round flat head, arms & bead earrings.
1-113 GOLD COAST.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1980 Sept., London, BM, Asante: Kingdom of Gold
- Acquisition date
- 1948
- Acquisition notes
- The collection made by the donor's father, Capt. T. Bowyer-Bowes about 1895-1907.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1948,21.5
