Voodoo altar fetish - Acquittal - Adan Adangbé - Ghana

Altar fetish ADA EWE (GHANA)
Altar figure Ada EWE (Ghana)
Ewe Ada helper-spirit figure (Ghana)

28 cm

Bibliography; "Aklama, Helping Spirits of the Ewe and Dangme People from the Study collection of Horst Antes".
Aklama fetish of the Ada Adan people.

Good antiquity, patina of long use.

This 'Aklama' fetish is a ritual object of the voodoo cult used by the Ewe-speaking Adangbe / Ada people of 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, intermediary to the gods...