Woman outdoors – Ewe kente skirt, headtie and blouse

Alex Agbaglo Acolatse

1910–1915 · Glass, emulsion · Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Original glass negative. It represents a woman wearing a Ewe kente skirt, a white blouse that is frilled at the neck and sleeves, and a head tie. The woman is said to be no less than the photographer’s wife, also seen in photograph 2015.499.21a, b. Accents of metal jewelry are visible on her hands, around her neck, and in her coiffure. She is seated in a wicker chair in an outdoor setting, with straw grass in the foreground and palm fronds behind her.

Artist

Alex Agbaglo Acolatse

Date

1910–1915

Medium

Glass, emulsion

Department

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Credit line

Gift of Susan Mullin Vogel, 2015