Voodoo altar fetish - Acquittal - Adan Adangbé - Ghana

ADA EWE altar fetish (GHANA)

Altar figure Ada EWE (Ghana)
Ewe Ada figure helper spirit (Ghana)

23.5 cms

Bibliography; "Aklama, Helping spirits of the Ewe and Dangme People from the Study collection of Horst Antes".
See on page 114 of this book similar objects
Fetish Aklama of the Ada Adan ethnicity.

Good antiquity, patina of long use.

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

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