Bird - Aklama - Ada - Ghana (Ohne mindestpreis)

ADA EWE altar fetish (GHANA)

Altar figure Ada EWE (Ghana)
Ewe Ada Figur Helper Spirit (Ghana)

24 cm

Aklama Fetish of the Ada Adan ethnicity.
Good age, substantial wear visible in its patina of use, partially coated with kaolin.

Bibliography; 'Aklama, Helping spirits of the Ewe and Dangme People from the Study collection of Horst Antes'.
See similar objects on pages 178–183 of this book.


This fetish 'Aklama' is a ritual object of the voodoo cult used by the Ewé of the Adangbe/Ada language group.
Ghana, on the border of Togo.
These statuettes represent various deities associated with hunting, which are also
common to the Yoruba and Ewé

Depicted figure of the Ewe / Aja from Ghana. In the Voodoo context, an intermediary to the gods...