Doll
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Nov 1993
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of African Art
notes: label: Notes
content: FIGURE OF A WOMAN WEARING AN ELONGATED FLATTENED HEADDRESS WITH INCISED GEOMETRIC DESIGN ON THE BACK. GLUED TO A WOODEN BASE. ACCORDING TO MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, "AKUA'BA DOLLS WERE USED IN SEVERAL CONTEXTS: (1) GIVEN TO YOUNG GIRLS AS TOYS, AND (2) USED BY WOMEN UNDERGOING FERTILITY TREATMENTS."
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "The exaggerated head of the wooden doll represents a high, smooth forehead--a Fante sign of beauty. ... Wooden doll, Fante people, Ghana"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ghana, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fanti
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390920
label: USNM Number
content: E427398-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll
physicalDescription: label: Length - W/o Base
content: 33.2 cm
label: Length - W/base
content: 38 cm
label: Width - Base?
content: 5.8 cm
label: Unknown - Base
content: 6.5 cm