Akan Standing Female Figure

All limbs, no hurry. The figure stands as if waiting for a verdict.

Akan metalworkers of Ghana, West Africa, cast this standing female figure in bronze in the 20th century. Akan brass and bronze work is commonly associated with status, weights, ornament and small figural pieces. The body is drawn out into long, thin lines, arms hanging with the hands slightly turned out, legs ending in oversized flat feet. The head is crowned with a small peak and a pinched, wary face. The surface is dark and mottled, with lighter touches on the high points.

About six inches tall. A narrow figure that makes a shelf feel taller.