Voodoo altar fetish - Acquittal - Adan Adangbé - Ghana

Ada Ewe Altar Fetish (Ghana)

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

23 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 of Ghana, on the border with Togo.
These statuettes represent the various hunt-associated deities, which are also common to the Yoruba and Ewe.

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