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    African Art

    In This World If You Do Not Allow Your Brother to Climb, You Will Not Climb (Ama won yonko antwa nkron)

    Artist: Mark Anthony, Ghanian, Fante, died 2020
    Patron Commissioned by: A.B. Crentsil, Ghanaian, born 1943
    Author Playwright: Douglas Kobena Nyarko, Ghanaian, active 20th century
    Date: 
    1996
    Medium: 

    Mahogany wood, acrylic house paint, and nails

    Accession Number: 
    2019.99.1
    Culture: 
    Fante
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Paintings
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Drum

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, goat hide, string, egg shell encrustation, and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1975.121.12
    Culture: 
    Fante
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Drum

    Date: 
    mid to late 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, string, and hide

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.559
    Culture: 
    Fante
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Maternity Figure

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, pigment, glass beads, and fiber

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.512
    Culture: 
    Fante
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Twin Figures (Akua’ba)

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, glass beads, string, and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.44
    Culture: 
    Fante
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Male Colonial Officer

    Date: 
    early to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.509
    Culture: 
    Fante
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Female Figure Seated on a Stool

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.511
    Culture: 
    Fante
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Maternity Figure with Assistant

    Date: 
    mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, pigments, and nails

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.338
    Culture: 
    Fante
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Female Figure

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and encrustation

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.408
    Culture: 
    Fante
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Banner

    Artist: Nana Obosu
    Date: 
    1945–50
    Medium: 

    Cloth and synthetic fiber

    Accession Number: 
    1995.53.1
    Culture: 
    Fante, Asafo Military Company
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view