Voodoo altar fetish - Acquittal - Adan Adangbé - Ghana

Ada Ewe altar fetish (Ghana)

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

33.5 cm

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

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, at the border with Togo.
These statuettes represent the various hunter-related deities, which are also common to the Yoruba and Ewe.

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