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Description : Tribal Art: Fertility doll akua ba Ashanti, Ghana light brown wood, shiny black patina, typical form, incised ornaments on the back, a string of white glass beads around the hips, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, on wooden base, 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. H: 29 cm, (5237/008) H: 11.4 inch Provenance: Private Collection, France Literature: Dagan, Esther A., African Dolls for play and magic, Montreal 1990, p. 71
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