Akuaa'ba fertility doll; Ashante style [object].
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Akuaa'ba fertility doll; Ashante style [object]. |
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Description |
14' ; Avastone replica of wood original ; seed beads ; wire; The Asante peoples of Ghana, West Africa, make the Akuaa'ba dolls. These dolls, along with Asante wooden stools, are the most widely recognized forms of Asanti art. As legend has it, Akua, a woman who was barren and wished to have a child, consulted a p. |
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Subject |
Sculpture; Art, Ashanti; Art, Ghanaian; Africa, West. |
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Rights |
Giertz Education Center @ the Krannert Art Museum. |
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