Akua ba, carved from a single piece of wood with a flat oval head with eyes, brows, nose, and lips indicated by carved relief. The back of the head is flat and bears a grooved symbolic design. The lower quarters are limited representation to a long neck and two schematic arms set on a pedestal with a differentiated base. The doll is stained green. Such dolls were carried by girls, thrust into the back of their waist cloths to ensure that their offspring would be well formed. The discoid head and the long neck represents the Ashante ideal of beauty and nobility. This particular form, without representation of lower body is by far the most common.
