Question 6
- Identify the:
- name of Figure 2;
- ethnicity;
- medium.
- State any five features of Figure 2.
Observation
Many candidates attempted this question and performed averagely. They were expected to respond to the question in the following manner:
(a) Identification of Figure 2
(i) Name
- Akuaba.
(ii) Country
- Ghana.
(iii) Ethnicity
- Ashanti.
(iv) Medium
- Wood.
(b) Features of Figure 2
- Abstract in nature.
- Tubular trunk.
- Small arms.
- Cylindrical slender neck.
- Large flat and rounded head.
- Pointed breast.
- Depicted navel.
- Rest on pedestal.
- Rendered smooth.
- Large forehead.
- Small mouth.
- Long triangular nose.
- Broad eyebrow.
- Hands stretched sideways.
- Made in wood.
- Disk-like head.
- It has no leg.
- Female figure.