Wooden fanti doll or "akuamma" stylized carving of female fertility figure representing fanti idealization of beauty, fanti, West Africa, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A27533
- Materials:
- wood and glass, bead necklace
- Measurements:
-
overall: 27 mm x 256 mm x 53 mm, .1 kg
- type:
- doll
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)