Voodoo altar fetish - Acquittal - Adan Adangbé - Ghana

Altar Fetish ADA EWE (GHANA)

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

24.5 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 age, patina from long use.

This "Aklama" fetish 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 hunting deities, which are also common to the Yoruba and Ewe.

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