Fertility doll "akua ba" · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3034102
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Size
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch
Description
wood, black shiny patina, adorned with strings of coloured miniature beads, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, socle;
these dolls are supposed to encourage fertility. Women used to carry them on their back before and during pregnancy and used to treat them as real children. They gained their magical power from a deity via the diviner’s blessing. After childbirth, they were either dedicated to the deity, placed on a shrine, or they were given to a child for playing.
The object Fertility doll “akua ba” with the object ID 3034102 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 319.
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