Doll ·  Namibia, Ovambo · ID: 3037448

Description

wood, dark brown patina, expressive form, carrying a child on the back, wearing an animal skin loincloth, belt and necklace made from plaited palm leaves, eyes inset with shells of ostrich eggs, rep./breakage (left arm), missing part (right hand), slight traces of abrasion, acrylic base

The object Doll with the object ID 3037448 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 126 achieved a sales price of EUR 280.

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Publications

Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 107