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Female Figure

Maker Unknown, Asante (Ashanti) (African, Ghana)

MediumBrass/Bronze

Dimensions5 1/2” x 2”

Credit LineGift of the Herman Copen Trust

Object numberAF2002.0653.COP

DescriptionFemale figure wearing a long wrapper, holding a walking stick in the right hand, eating corn (?) with the left hand. She wears ankle and wrist ornaments and crossed baldricks, and has an elaborate knobbed hairdo.

ClassificationsMetalworks

Collections

Exhibitions

Gender and Society in Africa

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