Doll (Akua'Ba)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. VETTED BY WILLIAM FAGG & PHILIP DARK FOR HMSG. BOTH AGREED THIS WAS A BETTER EXAMPLE THAN 428190. JH PURCHASED FROM J J KLEJMAN OF NEW YORK IN 11/1/63. CARVED DARK BROWN STYLIZED WOODEN FIGURINE IS ATTACHED TO SQUARE WOODEN BASE. FIGURINE HAS FLAT, ROUND FACE W/ STYLIZED FACIAL FEATURES IN RELIEF, SCARIFICATIONS, & PIERCED EARS. BODY IS CYLINDRICAL, SMOOTH W/ NO FEATURES EXCEPT FOR RIDGED NECK & BREASTS. BODY IS TRUNCATED AND HAS A ROUND BASE. CYLINDRICAL ARMS ARE EXTENDED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO BODY AND W/ FLAT ENDS. BACK OF HEAD HAS INCISED CURVES & BACK HAS T-STRAP CARVED IN RELIEF. BASE HAS 3 LABELS: "ASHANTI -GOLD COAST, -1AL," "SF.66.22," AND "66.92." CONDITION: RIGHT ARM WAS BROKEN AT ARM PIT AND REPAIRED. THE "AKUABA" FIGURES ARE WORN AGAINST THE BACK OF AN EXPECTANT MOTHER TO FOSTER THE BEAUTY OF THE COMING CHILD & OTHER FUNCTIONS. (P.52, AFRICAN ART IN MOTION BY ROBERT FARRIS THOMPSON, U. OF CALIFORNIA PRESS 1974).
label: Notes
content: SI ARCHIVES ACC. 86-136, BOX 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Ghana (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ashanti (Asante) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428191-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 32 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13.2 cm
label: Height - W/base
content: 6 cm