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.
The object Doll / Fertility figure with the object ID 3052033 was last part of the auction Auction 104 at April 12, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 389 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
You can find more Figures and other popular object types on our related topic pages. You may also be interested in our page on African art.
Comparing literature
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 110 ff.