Waga sculpture

{{Short description|Wooden sculpture}} [[File:Waga 01.jpg|upright 0.6|thumb|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. The Konso people are particularly well-known for their waga sculptures.

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.<ref>Amborn, Hermann. [http://portal.svt.ntnu.no/sites/ices16/Proceedings/Volume%202/Hermann%20Amborn-%20The%20Phallsification%20of%20the%20Kalla%C4%8D%C4%8Da.pdf "The Phallsification of the Kallacca: or, Why Sometimes a Cigar is a Cigar"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724182114/http://portal.svt.ntnu.no/sites/ices16/Proceedings/Volume%202/Hermann%20Amborn-%20The%20Phallsification%20of%20the%20Kalla%C4%8D%C4%8Da.pdf |date=2011-07-24 }}, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies p. 404, 2009.</ref>

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