Carved wooden doll or "Akua mma"
- maker:
- Ashanti people
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Carved wooden doll or "Akua mma", in stylized form representing the Ashanti idol of beauty, carried by Women to prevent deformity in their children, Ashanti, 1880-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A158513
- Materials:
- wood
- type:
- doll
- credit:
- Glendining
