id:			148159
accession number:	1975.158
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.158
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:37.454000

Female Figure (akua'ba), late 1800s–early 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Fante-style maker. Wood, hair, resin, and bone; overall: 42.9 x 4.6 x 5.1 cm (16 7/8 x 1 13/16 x 2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1975.158

title:				Female Figure (akua'ba)
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creation date:			late 1800s–early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1880
creation date latest:		1920
current location:		108C Akan & Yoruba
creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Fante-style maker
technique:	Wood, hair, resin, and bone
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 42.9 x 4.6 x 5.1 cm (16 7/8 x 1 13/16 x 2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Arts of Ghana
	opening date:   1977-10-11T04:00:00
	<i>The Arts of Ghana</i>. Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (October 11-December 11, 1977); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (February 11-March 26, 1978); The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (May 3-July 2, 1978).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 106, repr.', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1976: "Year in Review 1975," CMA Bulletin LXIII (Feb., 1976), p. 65, no. 22', 'opening_date': '1976-02-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Los Angeles, UCLA, Dickson Art Center, 1977-1978: "The Arts of Ghana," cat. no. 212, p. 107, repr. p. 106. also traveled to Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN and Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX.', 'opening_date': '1977-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Katherine C. White [1929-1980], Gates Mills, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: at least 1968–1976
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1976–
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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.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: no. 106
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	Petridis, Constantijn. <em>South of the Sahara: Selected Works of African Art.</em> [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 72-73, no. 21
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	Petridis, Constantine, "African Art Revisited", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 43 no. 09, November 2003
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: 4-5
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2003-09/page/n3

	Cole, Herbert M., and Doran H. Ross. <em>The Arts of Ghana.</em> Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural History, University of California, 1977.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 106, fig. 212; mentioned: p. 107
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