Doll / Fertility figure · Namibia, Himba · ID: 3052033
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Belgian CollectionSize
H: 34,5 cm
H: 13.6 inch
Description
plant fibre, cloth, hide, leather, miniature glass beads, metal, base
All Himba dolls have a rust-brown colouring. Like the Himba women, they have also been rubbed with a cosmetic that the Himba women make from a mixture of butterfat and red iron stone powder.
Comparing literature
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 110 ff.