You might want to look at some of the previous discussions on "akuaba" - https://www.antiquers.com/search/174387342/?q=akuaba&o=date&c[node]=23
I may have posted this about 18 moths ago, an' if so please forgive my faulty memory for this dupe. She's 14 1/2" tall, her head is ~6 3/8...
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...form - [ATTACH] https://www.hamillgallery.com/ASANTE/AsanteAkuabas/AsanteAkuaba21.html Because the dolls are carried tucked at the back of a...
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Akuaba ... & I doubt this is recent..... I'd think more towards the 1960's.... give or take...... I'd have snagged too !!!
Ashanti Akuaba fertility doll........ that'll get u off and running...!!!!!!;):happy:
...on the tradition of Akua'ba here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akuaba https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/312279 The style of the...
The pair with cowie shells look like Asante (Ashanti) Akuaba of Ghana Africa.....possibly fertility sculptures? The majority of African carvings...
Gotcha! I was thinking that the doll on the right might be a male. But that's possibly an extension of a belly button? Did not know that.
...are seeing. I'm not seeing anything in the photos other than two Akuaba dolls, which may or may not be old, and/or "authentic." Maybe...
One is a female, which would be an Akuaba doll. I'm lost in your statement. You just stated they are BOTH Akuaba dolls. Then you also stated...
Right. They are both Akuaba dolls. So they both have to be female.
If you're referring to me, I'm not stating that both of these are female figures.
...think someone is seeing something more than intended. To repeat, all Akuaba dolls are female figures. There is no such thing as a male Akuaba...
[ATTACH]Here are a couple more pictures of the Akuaba doll. This has wear on it. In one pic, you can see how one "fertile" part is quite worn down...
That's some good information. The female was purchased at an estate sale thst mainly had items from the early 1900s to around 1930s.
This is an Akuaba doll, from Ghana. While several tribes traditionally used these, the rounded disc-shaped head identifies this one as Ashanti....
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