Voodoo altar fetish - Acquittal - Adan Adangbé - Ghana

Pair of ADA EWE altar fetishes (GHANA)

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

16.5 and 13.7 cm

Aklama fetishes of the Ada Adan ethnic group.
Good antiquity, patina of wear, pigmented.

Bibliography; "Aklama, Helping spirits of the Ewe and Dangme People from the Study collection of Horst Antes".

These 'Aklama' fetishes are ritual objects of the voodoo cult used by the Ewe-speaking Adangbe / Ada of Ghana, on the border with Togo.
These figurines represent the various deities linked to hunting, which are also common to Yoruba and Ewe.

Image of the Ewe / Aja figure from Ghana. In the voodoo context, mediator to the gods...