Seated Female Figure With Snake in Hand
Item
- Accession Number
- 2024.49.
- Title
- Seated Female Figure With Snake in Hand
- Ethnic Group
- Ashanti
- Subject
- Figure|Ritual|West Africa
- Country
- Ghana
- Date
- 20th Century
- Medium
- Wood, pigment
- Format
- H x W x D: 11 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in (29.845 cm x 10.795 cm x 8.255 cm)
- Description
- A seated wooden female figure, grasping a snake in one hand, and an open space within the clenched fist of the other. The figure has naturalistic, yet exaggerated features and a stylized coiffure. The figure may represent royalty, potentially depicting a Queen Mother, as it is seated in a highly detailed chair and covered in a chalk-like pigment. On festival days, Akan royalty would cover their skin in white powders to show their reverence and devotion.
- Type
- Female Figure holding a serpent figure
- Item sets
- African Art
