M0005599: Ashanti girl with a traditional Akuaba doll, Ghana

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Ashanti girl with traditional doll called Akuaba

Photograph of an Ashanti girl with a carved wooden doll with a flat, discoidal head called an Akuaba. The name is said to come from the story of Akua, a woman having difficulty conceiving a child. The photograph was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1937 (accession number PHO 10532). Related images: V0031118

August 1938

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 580840i.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.