Carved wooden akua‘ba doll

Made:
1880-1930 in Africa
maker:
Ashanti people
Carved wooden akua‘ba doll

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Carved wooden doll or ‘akua‘ba’ (plural akua mma), in stylized form representing the Asante ideal of beauty, carried by women to aid conception and a healthy and successful birth, Asante, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A158513
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
overall: height 303 mm
head: height 125 mm
head: length 110 mm
base: diameter 43 mm
type:
doll
credit:
Glendining

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