Doll ·  Tanzania, Nyamwesi · ID: 3037428

Description

wood, shiny dark brown patina, simplified forms, pole-shaped body without legs, carved with female breasts, conical head, eyes and nostrils inset with miniature glassbeads, ornamental nail on the head, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base

The object Doll with the object ID 3037428 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 122 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.

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Publications

Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 84