RARE Vintage Hand Carved Ashanti Akua'ba Fertility Doll
$200
One of a kind Hand-carved wooden Ashanti Akua'ba doll with a dark, aged patina. This traditional West African sculpture has a large, flat, circular head, a ringed neck, and horizontal arms. The back of the head is decorated with incised geometrical patterns. Lovely Ashanti doll called "Akwaba" (which means "welcome" in most Akan ethnic groups), or fertility. We find on this statuette the head with the ovoid form, identifiable in the Ashanti dolls. Generally come from Ghana but made and purchase in Zambia circa 1994.
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