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Carved Wood (Ashanti) Fertility Doll Akua'ba
Carved Wood (Ashanti) Fetility Doll Akua'ba They are consecrated by priests and carried by women who hope to conceive a child. her name akua ba comes from the Akan legend of a woman named Akua who was barren, but like all Akan women, she desired most of all to bear children. She consulted a priest who instructed her to commission the carving of a small wooden child and to carry the surrogate child on her back as if it were real Ghana, 20th century
- largeur
- 6,5 po.
- hauteur
- 15,5 po.
- profondeur
- 2,5 po.
Circa 20e siècle