Female Figure (akua'ba)
1925–50
Overall: 35 cm (13 3/4 in.)
https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.211
An infertile woman would be advised by a priest to commission such a sculpture and care for it as if it were her baby. With the aim to induce fertility, or to ensure the birth of a healthy and beautiful daughter, the akua'ba figure is carried on the woman's back inside her wra...
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1974.211
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