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Description: | This is an Akua’ba fertility figure from Ghana. Figures such as this are part of a wide tradition of maternity figures in many parts of Africa. They symbolise and reflect ideals of beauty and fertility and are traditionally used by women as objects of petition for fertility and successful birth. They are used either as shrine figures, or are carried upon the person by prospective or expectant mothers. Such figures are still an important part of belief in some parts of Ghana. For Ghanaian Christians the figures are largely ornamental, and they are also produced in quantity for the tourist trade. This figure is a modern Ashante one and comes from the Kumasi area of Ghana. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Enfield Museum Service | Rights holder: | Enfield Museum Service | Subjects: | Communities | Temporal: | Late C20th | Source: | Enfield Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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