Fanti wooden figurine

Museum number:
5-14425
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014425
Accession number:
Acc.3898
Description:
Doll; female, carving of a fertility doll, with rectangular head. Features are carved on lower half. Design on front of head of a cross with two rectangles, designs on front and back of head. Height 31.8 cm.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Joseph Gregory
Collection place:
Akan region, Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ghana; Fanti
Culture or time period:
Fanti
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fanti wooden figurine, accession number 5-14425, described as Doll; female, carving of a fertility doll, with rectangular head. Features are carved on lower half. Design on front of head of a cross with two rectangles, designs on front and back of head. Height 31.8 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fanti wooden figurine, accession number 5-14425, described as Doll; female, carving of a fertility doll, with rectangular head. Features are carved on lower half. Design on front of head of a cross with two rectangles, designs on front and back of head. Height 31.8 cm.

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