Legend tells how a fertility doll was stolen from a shrine in Fuase and taken to a distant land. The children of Fuase were dying and the people consulted a fetish priest who explained the gods were angry about the theft. The women undertook the journey to rescue the doll, and some lost their lives along the way, but the doll was returned. I carved this fertility doll to honor these brave Fuase women, says Winfred Korley. The elegant fertility doll cradles her baby. She wears colorful kente cloth and beads.
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