id:			147853
accession number:	1974.211
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.211
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:36.001000

Female Figure (akua'ba), 1925–50. Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Akan-style artist. Wood, glass beads, and natural fiber; overall: 35 cm (13 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1974.211

title:				Female Figure (akua'ba)
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creation date:			1925–50
creation date earliest:		1925
creation date latest:		1950
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creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Akan-style artist
technique:	Wood, glass beads, and natural fiber
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 35 cm (13 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Images of the Mind
	opening date:   1987-07-07T04:00:00
	<i>Images of the Mind</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 7-August 30, 1987).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 101, repr.', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1975: "Year in Review 1974," CMA Bulletin LXII (March, 1973), p. 97, no. 21.', 'opening_date': '1973-03-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1987: "Images of the Mind," July 7-August 23, 1987, not repr.', 'opening_date': '1987-07-07T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Katherine C. White
	date: at least 1968–1974
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			* <div><!--block-->This work appeared in the 1968 exhibition <em>African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection</em> as cat. no. 101</div>
			
			
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift
	date: 1975–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Fagg, William. <em>African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968. No. 101.
	page number: 	No. 101.
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