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Female Figure (Akua ba)

19th–20th century

Wood

10 × 4 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (25.4 × 11.43 × 6.35 cm)
Gift of J Marshall Osborn for the Linton Collection
1984.123.14
Geography: 
Ghana
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Asante
Period: 
19th–20th century
Classification: 
Sculpture
Provenance: 

Dr. Ralph Linton (1893–1953), by 1953 [see note 1]; by descent to his wife, Adelin Hohlfield Linton (1899–1977); sold to Marie-Louise Montgomery Osborn (1905–1968) and James Marshall Osborn (1906–1976), 1954; by descent to J. Marshall Osborn; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.,1984

Note 1: Ralph Linton was the Sterling Professor of Anthropology at Yale from 1946 until his death in 1953.

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.