Carved wooden "akua mma" doll expressing Ashanti ideal of beauty

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Carved wooden akua mona' doll expressing Ashanti ideal of
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Carved wooden "akua mona" doll expressing Ashanti ideal of
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Carved wooden "akua mma" doll expressing Asante (Ashanti) ideal of beauty, discoidal head, slightly stylized body with legs and arms, dressed in piece of paisley cloth. Ashanti, West Africa, 1850-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655908
Materials:
wood and cloth
type:
doll
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)