Vintage 20th Century Akuaba Hand Carved Fertility Wooden Doll

Vintage Akuaba Hand Carved Fertility Wooden Dollestimated era 20th Century H 15in x W 6in, has rose detail dangle earrings The appearance of the Asante akua'ba is as distinctive as the story about it. Typically it features a disc-shaped head withthe face confined to the bottom half or even third of the disc. The mouth is generally positioned at the very bottom, leaving no chin.Eyes shaped like coffee beans or half moons are framed by long, arching eyebrows that connect at the bridge of the nose. Two orthree short horizontal or plus-shaped incisions mark the cheeks; these are not signs of ethnic identity but rather representations of medicinal scars employed to protect children from a variety of illnesses. A ringed neck supports the head. Short, cone-shaped arms project at right angles from the upper body, but the figure is usually legless, having instead a base slightly larger in diameter than its cylindrical torso. Her body has been reduced to a tubular form with small arms, a ringed