Voodoo altar fetishes - Acquittal - Adan Adangbé - Ghana

Ada EWE altar fetish (Ghana)

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

38 and 29 cm

Good antiquity, patina showing use of kaolin and red pigments.

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


This 'Aklama' fetish is a ritual object of the voodoo cult used by the Ewe-speaking Adangbe / Ada of Ghana, on the border with Togo.
These statuettes represent the various hunter-associated 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...