Object number
1923.2.5
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Description
A carved wooden figurine of a woman seated on an Asante style stool. The head is large with a sloping forehead; the neck with four rolls of fat. Both arms are held straight to her side to support a small child clinging to her back. The child is of similar style to the woman, who has an elongated abdomen and squat legs with small feet complete with European-style shoes. The register states the object is "a juju of cotton wood from near Coomassie" (Kumasi), Asante Region (Ghana). Collection of Capt Robert Powley Wild.
Production place
Kumasi
Date
1900 - 1923
Production period
20th century
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