Standing Female Figure

Unidentified Aowin or Akan maker

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not dated

Wood and brass

Overall: 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection

996.25.30250

Geography

Place Made: Ghana, Western Africa, Africa

Period

19th-20th century

Object Name

Figure

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Exhibition History

Loew Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 12, 1996-March 26, 1997.

Provenance

Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1904-1983), Los Angeles, California, date unknown; bequeathed to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; lent to present collection, 1996; given to present collection, 2017.

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