Doll "di kori" · Guinea-Bissau, Balante · ID: 3042717
sold
EUR 150
Provenance
Günther Filla, Bochum, GermanySize
H: 17 cm
H: 6.7 inch
Description
thighbone (pig), encrusted patina in some areas, richly adorned with strings of miniature glass 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.
Comparing literature
Cameron, Elisabeth L., Isn't she a doll? Los Angeles 1996, p. 62, ill. 77