Big doll ·  Tanzania, Nyamwezi · ID: 3023486

Description

two spherical pumpkins, combined by a cylindrical neck, which is coated with nassa snails, facial features and coiffure modelled with blackish mass with miniature glass beads pressed into the soft material, plaited bands of fabric on either side marking arms and legs, base

The object Big doll with the object ID 3023486 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 234 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.

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