Voodoo altar fetish - Acquittal - Adan Adangbé - Ghana

Pair of Ada EWE altar fetishes (GHANA)

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

23.5 and 22.7 cm

Aklama fetishes of the Ada Adan ethnicity. Pigmented patina of use.

Bibliography; "Aklama, Helping Spirits of the Ewe and Dangme People from the Study Collection of Horst Antes".

These 'Aklama' fetishes are ritual objects of the Vodun cult used by the Ewe-speaking Adangbe/Ada in Ghana, on the border with Togo.
These figurines represent the various hunting deities, which are also common to the Yoruba and Ewe.

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