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Collection Objects
African Art
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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

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
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
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: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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
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, acrylic house paint, and nails
Accession Number: 
2019.99.1
Culture: 
Fante
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Paintings
Status: 
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: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center