Carved wooden doll of "fanti" style

Made:
1880-1915 in Accra
Carved wooden doll of fanti' style, stylized ideal of beauty

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Carved wooden doll of fanti' style, stylized ideal of beauty
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Carved wooden doll of "fanti" style, stylized ideal of beauty, with long rectangular headdress, fanti, Gold Coast, 1880-1915

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A52421
Materials:
wood
type:
doll
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)