Doll ·  Guinea-Bissau, Balante · ID: 3037389

Description

metatarsal bone of a water buffalo, adorned with strings of miniature beads, min. dam., traces of abrasion and usage, base;
it is thought that like the stylized wooden dolls of the Balante, dolls of this type are carried by women on their backs.

The object Doll with the object ID 3037389 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 90 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.

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