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An anthropomorphic figure originates from the Ewe cultural region of Akatsi in Ghana and is documented according to information provided by the informant Batoure. Incl stand.
The upright figure is dominated by an exceptionally large, rounded head set above a compact, columnar body. The facial features are reduced to a few strongly articulated elements: narrow eyes, an angular nose, a small mouth and prominent ears. The carving itself, however, is only partially visible. Much of the body is concealed beneath a dense whitish coating combined with cords, fibres, textiles and other attached materials. Traces of blue and red pigment remain visible within the predominantly white surface. Around the neck, torso and lower body, successive layers of bindings and substances have accumulated, giving the sculpture its strikingly complex and highly tactile appearance.
This transformation of the carved figure should not be understood simply as deterioration or surface decoration. Rather, it appears to preserve evidence of the object's ritual biography. In Ewe religious practice, sculpted figures may acquire additional materials and substances during their use, so that their physical appearance develops through successive ritual interventions. The sculpture is therefore not necessarily a finished object in the conventional sense: carving establishes its basic form, while subsequent applications, bindings and attachments may contribute to its ritual efficacy.
The extensive encrustation of the present figure is particularly significant. Applied substances and attached materials could be associated with offerings, invocations or other forms of ritual activation. The resulting surface can thus be read as a material record of repeated interactions between the object, its custodians and the spiritual forces with which it was associated. Rather than merely representing a supernatural being, such a figure could function as an active medium through which an otherwise invisible spiritual agency became materially accessible.
Anthropomorphic figures among the Ewe have been associated with communication with spiritual entities, personal destiny, protection and responses to illness or misfortune. Aklama figures in particular have been described as media through which individuals establish or negotiate relationships with spiritual agencies. Recent ethnographic research, however, emphasizes substantial differences in terminology, form and practice between and even within Ewe-speaking communities. Ritual function therefore cannot reliably be determined from morphology alone.
For this reason, the present sculpture is more cautiously described as an Ewe ritual or power figure rather than definitively identified as an Aklama. Without more detailed testimony from Batoure, its precise spiritual affiliation and purpose cannot be established. Its unusually extensive accumulation of coatings, bindings and attached materials nevertheless strongly indicates a prolonged history of ritual use and suggests that its significance resided not only in the carved image but also in its continuing material transformation and activation.
Selected literature:
Owusu, Philip. Study of Aklama among the Ewe. PhD dissertation, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, 2023.
Quarcoopome, Nii O., with contributions by Wolf-Dieter Dube et al. Aklama: Helper Spirits of the Ewe and Dangme from the Study Collection of Horst Antes. Studienstiftung Horst Antes, 2016. 503 pp.
Spieth, Jakob. Die Ewe-Stämme: Material zur Kunde des Ewe-Volkes in Deutsch-Togo. Berlin, 1906.
Spieth, Jakob. Die Religion der Eweer in Süd-Togo. Göttingen, 1911.
Informant: Batoure
Some of the information is generated by artificial intelligence and is based on published sources from the fields of ethnography, archaeology, and art history.
Inv. No. MAZ27335
Myyjän tarina
An anthropomorphic figure originates from the Ewe cultural region of Akatsi in Ghana and is documented according to information provided by the informant Batoure. Incl stand.
The upright figure is dominated by an exceptionally large, rounded head set above a compact, columnar body. The facial features are reduced to a few strongly articulated elements: narrow eyes, an angular nose, a small mouth and prominent ears. The carving itself, however, is only partially visible. Much of the body is concealed beneath a dense whitish coating combined with cords, fibres, textiles and other attached materials. Traces of blue and red pigment remain visible within the predominantly white surface. Around the neck, torso and lower body, successive layers of bindings and substances have accumulated, giving the sculpture its strikingly complex and highly tactile appearance.
This transformation of the carved figure should not be understood simply as deterioration or surface decoration. Rather, it appears to preserve evidence of the object's ritual biography. In Ewe religious practice, sculpted figures may acquire additional materials and substances during their use, so that their physical appearance develops through successive ritual interventions. The sculpture is therefore not necessarily a finished object in the conventional sense: carving establishes its basic form, while subsequent applications, bindings and attachments may contribute to its ritual efficacy.
The extensive encrustation of the present figure is particularly significant. Applied substances and attached materials could be associated with offerings, invocations or other forms of ritual activation. The resulting surface can thus be read as a material record of repeated interactions between the object, its custodians and the spiritual forces with which it was associated. Rather than merely representing a supernatural being, such a figure could function as an active medium through which an otherwise invisible spiritual agency became materially accessible.
Anthropomorphic figures among the Ewe have been associated with communication with spiritual entities, personal destiny, protection and responses to illness or misfortune. Aklama figures in particular have been described as media through which individuals establish or negotiate relationships with spiritual agencies. Recent ethnographic research, however, emphasizes substantial differences in terminology, form and practice between and even within Ewe-speaking communities. Ritual function therefore cannot reliably be determined from morphology alone.
For this reason, the present sculpture is more cautiously described as an Ewe ritual or power figure rather than definitively identified as an Aklama. Without more detailed testimony from Batoure, its precise spiritual affiliation and purpose cannot be established. Its unusually extensive accumulation of coatings, bindings and attached materials nevertheless strongly indicates a prolonged history of ritual use and suggests that its significance resided not only in the carved image but also in its continuing material transformation and activation.
Selected literature:
Owusu, Philip. Study of Aklama among the Ewe. PhD dissertation, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, 2023.
Quarcoopome, Nii O., with contributions by Wolf-Dieter Dube et al. Aklama: Helper Spirits of the Ewe and Dangme from the Study Collection of Horst Antes. Studienstiftung Horst Antes, 2016. 503 pp.
Spieth, Jakob. Die Ewe-Stämme: Material zur Kunde des Ewe-Volkes in Deutsch-Togo. Berlin, 1906.
Spieth, Jakob. Die Religion der Eweer in Süd-Togo. Göttingen, 1911.
Informant: Batoure
Some of the information is generated by artificial intelligence and is based on published sources from the fields of ethnography, archaeology, and art history.
Inv. No. MAZ27335
Myyjän tarina
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