Figure, D88.237

Wooden female figure. General 'statuesque' style with vertical rigid stance, looking forward with arms and fingers placed downward along hips. Wood is of light weight and light colour with no apparent surface application, i.e. colouring. Domed hat/hair, with full facial features, prominent breasts, and fingers/toes indicated. Bottom of (flat) feet (no separate base) form 'stand'. General appearance not unlike numerous traditional wooden figures of West Africa - including twin figures of Ewe (eastern costal areas of Ghana and in to Togo) called "Amedzordor" and also of the Yoruba of Western Nigeria called "Ibeji". General appearance is of 'roughly' carved wooden figure having received little or no use and in good condition.

Wooden human figures of this general style are found amongst many cultures of West Africa. There use can be as common as children's dolls, to the more traditional twin figures of the Ewe of Ghana called "Amedzordor" to the twin figures of the Yoruba of Nigeria called "Ibeji.

Wooden female figure. General 'statuesque' style with vertical rigid stance, looking forward with arms and fingers placed downward along hips. Wood is of light weight and light colour with no apparent surface application, i.e. colouring. Domed hat/hair, with full facial features, prominent breasts, and fingers/toes indicated. Bottom of (flat) feet (no separate base) form 'stand'. General appearance not unlike numerous traditional wooden figures of West Africa - including twin figures of Ewe (eastern costal areas of Ghana and in to Togo) called "Amedzordor" and also of the Yoruba of Western Nigeria called "Ibeji". General appearance is of 'roughly' carved wooden figure having received little or no use and in good condition.

Height = approx. 199 mm. Width across top of shoulders = approx. 47.4mm. Width from outside of feet = approx. 44 mm. —Joel A Vanderburg

Collected from coastal fringe near Accra Ghana

Locality: Ghana

Collected by donor on the coastal fringe of Accra, 1950s