Doll
Guinea-Bissau, Balante
sold
EUR 200
Provenance
German Private Collection, StuttgartBrigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Size
H: 17 cm
H: 6.7 inch
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.