Voodoo altar fetishes - AKLAMA Snake - Adan Adangbé - Ghana

Altar fetish ADA EWE (GHANA)

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

75 x 34 cms

Good antiquity, European paintings and patina of wear.


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 language Adangbe / Ada of Ghana, at the border with Togo.
These statuettes represent the various hunting deities, which are also common to Yoruba and Ewe.

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