Man Carrying a Stool, from a shrine group

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Title	Man Carrying a Stool, from a shrine group
Artist	Kwaku Benpoh
Date	First half 20th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Sculpture | Wood

Size:

14 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 5 9/16 in. (36.2 x 14.0 x 14.1 cm)

Creation Place:

Africa, Ghana, West Africa region

Culture:

Asante, Africa, Ghana, West Africa region

Style:

20th century

Inscriptions:

Sticker 'C', on blue sticker, on bottom

Physical Description:

barefooted standing man wearing long pants with cross scarifications on his cheeks, carrying a stool held to the back of his neck with his PL hand; PR arm in front of waist

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; The William Hood Dunwoody Fund and gift of funds from N. Bud and Beverly Grossman

Accession Number:

99.166.3

Artist:

Kwaku Benpoh, d.1936

Role:

Maker

Nationality:

, Ashanti

Life Dates:

d.1936

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

Man Carrying a Stool, from a shrine group

Kwaku Benpoh

First half 20th century