Doll, Namibia, Ovambo, Size: H: 29 cm (H: 11.4 inch), ID: 3037448

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Lot 126

78th tribal art auction

Doll · Namibia, Ovambo · ID: 3037448

sold EUR 280

Provenance

Peter Haller, Swakopmund, Namibia
Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany

Size

H: 29 cm

H: 11.4 inch

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

Publications

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

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