Fertility doll "akua ba" · Ghana, Fante · ID: 3037407
Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Description
wood, dark brown patina, remains of kaolin, strings of glass beads, animal hair, typical armless cylindrical trunk with elongated board-shaped flattened head, incised scarification marks backside, min. dam., small missing parts, base;
such dolls are said to have forces to support human fertility. They received their magical power from a deity via the diviner’s blessing. Childless women used to carry them with them and treated them like real children. After fulfilling their “mission” they were either dedicated to the deity, placed on a shrine, or they were given to a child for playing.
L’objet Fertility doll “akua ba” avec l’ID d’objet 3037407 a fait partie de l’enchère 78th tribal art auction en 18 octobre 2014 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 86.
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Publications
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 38