Carved wooden akua‘ba doll
- maker:
- Ashanti people
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Carved wooden "akua mona" doll expressing Ashanti ideal of
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Carved wooden ‘akua‘ba’ (plural akua mma) doll expressing Asante (Ashanti) ideal of beauty, discoidal head, slightly stylized body with legs and arms, dressed in piece of paisley cloth. Asante, West Africa, 1850-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A655908
- Measurements:
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height 310 mm
head: diameter 125 mm
body, splayed arms: length 140 mm
body: width 45 mm
- type:
- doll
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)