Wood fertility doll, 'My Beloved'
Gleaming brass adorns her face while a long dress covers her childish body. Working in African sese wood, Daniel Nyadedzor sculpts an exquisite image he names Medo Ba Akuaba, "Beloved Fertility Doll" in the Akan language. Tradition dictates that a woman who cannot conceive should sleep with this doll by her side and eventually she will be able to bear children.
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