Carved female figure with flat elliptical head used as charm to induce pregnancy.

Collection type: Object
Description: Carved female figure with flat elliptical head used as charm to induce pregnancy.
Geographical reference: Ghana
Africa > Western Africa > Ghana
Cultural groups: Asante
Person: Field collector Alan Herbert Coltart; PRM source Mrs Alan Herbert Coltart
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1939
Date collected: By 1939
Acquisition information: Donated: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions: Length: max 325 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1939.12.67
Associated publications: Reference: Akua'ba Asante: Wednesday Child, Main author: Ron van Doorn; Main author: Herbert M. Cole; Essen, Germany, 2021, Page: 261, Page illustrated: 261, Catalogue number: 1939 Oxford; Listed as number 19 on page 6 of Art from the Guinea Coast (Pitt Rivers Museum, Illustrated Catalogue No. 1), Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum (1965): 'GHANA. 19. Doll (akuaba) carried on the back by young girls. Ashanti (1939.12.67) (32.25 cm.)'. (For details of exhibition, see under 'Display History'.) [JC 12 9 2013]

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