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Description: | Wooden fertility doll "Akua'ba" of the Ashanti, Ghana. Old label "worn by a young girl at the back of her waist-cloth as a charm to procure beautiful children. Ashanti tribe.". Stylised, flat female doll. Carved from single piece of wood. Decorated with strings of glass beads at base and at neck.
Accession number: NCM 1926-143 | Subjects: | AFRICAN dolls and dolls clothing | Temporal: | 1800-1899 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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