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HUSBAND AND WIFE NEAR LIFE-SIZE PUPPETS SEATED AT A FOLDING TABLE. Ewe people, Ghana. Collected in Vakpo village from Edem Akoto who carved them to represent his parents in their home village in the Volta region. The clothing was sewn by a tailor from cloth obtained at the Makola market in Accra and the folding table was made by John Kofi, a carpenter in Vakpo village. (A) Woman wears a blue, black and white cotton checked dress, lace underpants, cowrie shell earrings, a headband, and sandals. Articulated at knees, hips, elbows, shoulder, and neck. Cloth, lace, wood, leather, nails. H 38in. (B) Man wears a brown and beige shirt, pants, and traditional stocking cap, and sandals. His underpants are made from the same cloth as the woman’s dress. Articulated at knees, hips, elbows, shoulders. Wood, cloth, leather, nails. H 37in.