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Fertility Doll from Ghana

Wooden ritual fertility doll, known as Akuaba, from Ghana; on display at Wesleyan University in Ohio. This doll was made by the Ashanti people, whose dolls have large, disc-like heads. Other tribes in the region have their own distinctive style of Akuaba. Traditionally, these dolls are carried on the back of women either hoping to conceive a child, or to ensure the attractiveness of the child being carried.

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Fertility Doll from Ghana

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Wooden ritual fertility doll, known as Akuaba, from Ghana; on display at Wesleyan University in Ohio. This doll was made by the Ashanti people, whose dolls have large, disc-like heads. Other tribes in the region have their own distinctive style of Akuaba. Traditionally, these dolls are carried on the back of women either hoping to conceive a child, or to ensure the attractiveness of the child being carried.

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Album / Science Source / DOUG MARTIN

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5141 x 3400 px | 50.0 MB

Print size:

43.5 x 28.8 cm | 17.1 x 11.3 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

AFRICA • AFRICAN CONTINENT • AFRICAN • AKAN • AKUABA • ANTHROPOLOGY • ART • ASANTE • ASHANTI • CHARM • CULTURAL • CULTURE • CULTURES • DOLL • FERTILITY • FIGURE • FINE • GHANA • GHANAIAN • GOOD • GRACE • GRACEFULNESS • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HUMAN • HUMANE • INDIVIDUAL • LIFE • LUCK • OBJECT • OBJECTS • PERSON • RITUAL • STILL • SYMBOL • TRADITION • TRADITIONAL • TRADITIONS • TRIBAL • TRIBE • UMBRELLA • VISUAL • WOOD • WOODEN • WORLD