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Title	Fertility doll
Date	1954-1989
Material Type	Akua'mma
Description	A black wooden fertility doll carried by expectant mothers; origin Ashanti people of Ghana.
Dimensions	Width: 7.5 cm, Height: 16.5 cm.
Subject	Ashanti (African people) -- Religion Dolls -- Religious aspects Fertility cults -- Ghana
Geographic Region	Africa Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Ghana
Collector	Towles, Joseph A. Turnbull, Colin M.
Collection in Repository	Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection
Call Number	1989.001.168
Holding Institution	Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
Digital Collection	Avery Research Center Artifact Collection
Rights	Digital image copyright 2009, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424.
Media Type	Objects

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