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X2007.2.1 Painting
Object Name: Painting
Artist: Kwame Akoto or Almighty God
Place of Origin: Ghana
Date/Era: 1950
Medium/Materials: Oil on plywood
Dimensions: D: 2.2 cm, H: 60.9 cm, W: 122.5 cm (D: .86 in, H: 23.9 in, W: 48.2 in)
Credit Line: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of Doran H. Ross
Accession Number: X2007.2.1
In this painting Mami Wata’s seductive presence and powers are simultaneously acknowledged and denied in crossing out her image and the writing of a plea above it.
Source: Drewal, Henry John. (2008) “Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas”, Los Angeles, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History. page 67
