Carved wooden "Akua Mma" doll

Made:
1850-1915 in Ghana
maker:
Ashanti people
Carved wooden Akua Mma ' doll, the Ashanti ideal of beauty

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Carved wooden Akua Mma ' doll, the Ashanti ideal of beauty
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Carved wooden "Akua Mma" doll, the Ashanti ideal of beauty, discoidal head, pillar shaped body, 7 small metal clapperless bells attached, Ashanti, West Africa, 1850-1915

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655917
Materials:
wood, glass, beads, tin, bells and hide
type:
doll
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)