These figures are kept by a family in memory of specific members of their family who are deceased. Where limbs are missing or the body is imperfect the person represented would have actually lost that body part or would have been otherwise disfigured. Very often those figures belonging to a single family will share characteristics which imply a family relationship. The figures in these 3 sets measure from 7 to 7 3/4" tall. Please click on the image to view sets #21 and #24. All of the figures are the same price, $75 each. Please look further down on this same page to see more sets of these fascinating and widely variable figures.
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The figures in this group are all approximately 5 to 5 1/2" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 19 and 27. The figures in Set 19 measure between 5 3/4 and 5 7/8" tall. The figures in Set 27 are between 6 1/4 and 6 1/2" tall. The price of all is the same, $75 each. Please see above for more explanatory information and the first 6 sets of these figures. Please see below for all of the rest of the Ewe figures we have.
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The figures in this group are all approximately 6 3/4 to 7 1/4" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 25 and 26. The figures in Set 25 all measure between 6 1/2 and 6 7/8" tall. The figures in Set 26, 6 to 6 1/2". The price of all is the same, $75 each. Please see above for more explanatory information and the first 9 sets of these figures. Please see below for all of the rest of the Ewe figures we have.
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The figures in sets #4 and 23 are all 7.5" tall. The figures in Set #14 all measure between 7 12 to 8" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 14 and 23. The price of all is the same, $75 each. Please see above for more explanatory information and the first 3 sets of these figures. Please see below for all of the rest of the Ewe figures we have.
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The figures in this group measure, from left to right, 8 3/4, 9 and 6 1/4" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 6 and 10. The figures in Set 6 are 10 1/2 and 10 3/4" tall. Those in Set 10 all measure between 9 1/4 and 10" tall. The price of all is the same, $75 each. Please see above for more explanatory information and the first 18 sets of these figures.
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The figures in this group are all approximately 6 3/4 to 7 1/4" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 8 and 15. The figures in Set 8 measure between 8 1/2 and 8 3/4" tall. The figures in Set 15 are between 7 3/4 to 8 1/4" tall. The price of all is the same, $75 each. Please see above for more explanatory information and the first 12 sets of these figures. Please see below for all of the rest of the Ewe figures we have.
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The figures in Sets 5 and 7 all measure approximately 8 1/2 to 9" tall. Please click on the image to see Sets 7 and 9. The figures in Set 9 are all between 8 3/4 and 9 1/4" tall. The price of all is the same, $75 each. Please see above for more explanatory information and the first 15 sets of these figures. Please see below for all of the rest of the Ewe figures we have.
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Please click on the image for a view of the back of this piece as well as of another such figure. Both are 8 1/2" tall and are the same price.
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These twin dolls measure 13" tall. They are comparable in function to the better known Yoruba figures known as "ibeji". When a mother loses her children in birth she has these figures carved and takes care of them for the rest of her life. Although twins are the best known of these dolls, it is also common for single children to be represented similarly. Please click on the image to see the reverse side of this pair of twins.
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This figure measures 11 1/4" tall. This figure was probably carved as a fetish. Please click on the image for a view of the side of this very unusual figure.
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This figure is 8 1/2" tall. Please click on the image for a view of the back of this figure and a view of another figure which is 7 1/2" tall and whose price is $150.
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30 x 11 x 12" This is an extraordinary sculpture. It is the only one I have ever seen that is anything like this. Please click on the image to see 2 more views of it.
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This interesting stool is 15" long and 6 1/2" tall. As it was told to me this stool is normally used by women. It stands out among African stools in that it is given to a woman by her husband when he travels to remind her of him and thereby guarantee her faithfulness. The representation is spiritual, not functional. Please click on the image for another view of this stool.
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This figure measures 8 3/4" tall. Please click on the image for a view of the rear of this doll as well as of another doll which measures 8" tall and whose price is $150.
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This pair measures 8 1/4" tall. Please click on the image to see the other side of this pair.
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This figure measures 8" tall. This is a fine example of a doll made for a mother who loses a child at birth or early in its life and then taken care of for the duration of the life of the mother. Please click on the image for a view of the back of this beautiful figure.
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This figure is 9 3/4" tall. Please click on the image to see the tallest of the Ewe ancestor figures we have, 12" tall. Its price is $95.
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7 3/4" tall. Please click on the image for a view of the back of this figure as well as of another figure which is 10" tall. Both are the same price.
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This pair measures 8 1/4" tall. Please click on the image to see the other side of this pair.
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