Grand Altar Fetish - Acquittal - Ada - Ghana

pair of Aklamas
Fetishes of the Ada EWE altar (GHANA)

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

19.7 and 19 cm

Aklama fetish of the Ada Adan ethnicity.
Good antiquity, patina of use pigment-spattered.

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

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

Abgebildete Figur der Ewe / Aja aus Ghana. Im Voodoo Kontext, Mittler zu den Göttern...