Fertility doll

Museum number:
5-4152
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2019
Description:
Carved wooden fertility doll; (”Akuabu”= “child of Akua”); squarish head with rudimentary arms, columnar body; painted black. Height 39.5 cm.
Donor:
Ghana Museum and Monuments Board
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Fertility doll, accession number 5-4152, described as Carved wooden fertility doll; (”Akuabu”= “child of Akua”); squarish head with rudimentary arms, columnar body; painted black. Height 39.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Fertility doll, accession number 5-4152, described as Carved wooden fertility doll; (”Akuabu”= “child of Akua”); squarish head with rudimentary arms, columnar body; painted black. Height 39.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fertility doll, accession number 5-4152, described as Carved wooden fertility doll; (”Akuabu”= “child of Akua”); squarish head with rudimentary arms, columnar body; painted black. Height 39.5 cm.

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