akua'ba;
doll
- Museum number
- Af1956,17.1
- Description
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Akua'ba, female 'doll' figure; made of wood with spatulate-shaped head, short projecting arms, and breasts. Conical torso expanding ot base. Wears string of white and string of yellow glass beads around torso; string of yellow glass beads around neck. Surface of figure stained black in places.
- Production date
- 1920s-1950s (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 23.50 centimetres
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Width: 10 centimetres
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Depth: 4.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1956 note by W B Fagg:
Akua'ba, from the ASHANTI or a related tribe, GOLD COAST.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1980 Sept., London, BM, Asante: Kingdom of Gold
- Acquisition date
- 1956
- Acquisition notes
- Given by J J Klejman of New York
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1956,17.1