Waga sculpture
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A waga near Konso, Ethiopia
A waga, also known as a waka or waaka, is a type of memorial statue carved from wood in southern Ethiopia. Modern wagas or mini-wagas may also be carved specifically for sale to tourists, in which case the rod-shaped kallaccas on their heads are often exaggerated into phallic shapes.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Amborn, Hermann. "The Phallsification of the Kallacca: or, Why Sometimes a Cigar is a Cigar", Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies p. 404, 2009.
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