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akua'mma (dolls (figurines), figurines, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Fertility figures, usually female, of abstracted form, with disk-like heads with high oval foreheads and most often having horizontal arms, cylindrical torso, breasts, and navel; among Asante of West Africa believed to ensure conception and successful birth.
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| Terms: |
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| akua'mma (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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| akua'mma (Portuguese-P,D,L,PN)
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| akua'mma (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| akua'ba (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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| akua'ba (Portuguese,AD,U,SN)
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| akuaba (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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| akuaba (Portuguese,UF,U,SN)
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| fertility dolls (West African akuaba) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| 註生偶 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U)
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| zhù shēng ǒu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U)
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| zhu sheng ou (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U)
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| chu sheng ou (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U)
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| Akua'mma (C,U,German-P,D,B)
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| Akuaba (C,V,German,AD,SN)
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| akua mma (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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| akua ba (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.VC |
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.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Visual Works (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ visual works (works) (G) |
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................ <visual works by material or technique> (G) |
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.................... sculpture (visual works) (G) |
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........................ <sculpture by subject type> (G) |
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............................ figurines (G) |
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................................ dolls (figurines) (G) |
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.................................... akua'mma (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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| Chinese (traditional) ..... 象徵生育能力的抽象化人偶，通常為女性形象，頭部為圓盤狀，具橢圓狀的高額頭，多半具有水平舉起的手臂、圓柱狀軀幹、乳房和肚臍；西非的阿善提人相信，這種人偶可保祐婦女求子和順產。 |
| Dutch ..... Te gebruiken voor, gewoonlijk vrouwelijke, vruchtbaarheidsfiguren, abstract van vorm, met een schijfvormig hoofd, een hoog ovaal voorhoofd en meestal horizontale armen, een cilindervormige romp, borsten en navel; garanderen naar de overtuiging van de Asante in West-Afrika de bevruchting en een voorspoedige geboorte. |
| German ..... Fruchtbarkeitsfigur, gewöhnlich weiblich, in abstrakter Form gestaltet, mit einem scheibenartigen Kopf und hoher ovaler Stirn, oft mit horizontal ausgestreckten Armen, einem zylindrischen Rumpf, Brüsten und Bauchnabel; unter den Aschanti in West-Afrika herrscht der Glaube, dass die Figur Empfängnis und glückliche Geburt bewirkt. |
| Portuguese ..... Figuras de fertilidade, geralmente femininas, de forma abstrata, com cabeças que parecem discos com testas grandes ovais e frequentemente com braços horizontais, torso cilíndrico, seios e umbigo; entre o povo Asante do oeste da África, acreditava-se que garantia uma concepção e um nascimento bem-sucedidos. |
| Spanish ..... Úsese para estatuillas de fertilidad, usualmente femeninas de formas abstractas, con cabezas en forma de disco con frente alta y oval y la mayoría con brazos horizontales, torso, pecho y ombligo cilíndrico; entre los Asante de África occidental creían que aseguraba la concepción y un nacimiento exitoso. |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| fertility dolls (West African akuaba)............ |
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Personal Communication Janet Stanley, National Museum of African Art, 1985. |
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