Carved wooden doll or "Akua mma"

Made:
1880-1925 in Africa
maker:
Ashanti people
Carved wooden doll or Akua mma'

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Carved wooden doll or Akua mma'
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Carved wooden doll or "Akua mma", in stylized form to represent Ashanti ideal of beauty, Ashanti, West Africa, 1880-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A156727
Materials:
wood
type:
doll