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Female Figure (Akua'ba)
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Female Figure (Akua'ba)

Artist/Maker (Ghana)
Date20th century
Mediumwood and stain
DimensionsOverall: 12 3/8 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. (31.4 x 12.1 x 5.4 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Alan Potamkin
Terms
    Object number2007.48.39
    DescriptionFertility figure in the form of a female child. Girls or women who wish to conceive a child carry and care for an akua’ba made especially for them. The Asante are matrilineal and mothers hope their first child will be a girl so most akua’ba are female.
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    Not on view
    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Mola
    Guna people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Mola
    Guna people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Female Figure (Akua'ba)
    Asante people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Ritual Textile (Pua)
    Iban Dayak people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Male Figure
    Luba people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Mother and Child
    Nigeria, Yoruba people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Mother and Child Presentation Figure
    Bamileke people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Shirt
    Leyda Harris
    ca. 2013
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Hat Band
    Leyda Harris
    ca. 2013
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Female Figure (Akua'ba)
    Asante people
    collected between 1960-1973
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Female Figure (Akua'ba)
    Asante people
    collected between 1960-1973
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Female Figure (Akua'ba)
    Asante people
    collected between 1960-1973
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