Zemanek-Münster
Doll-like torso figure, Tanzania, Mambwe, Size: H: 21,5 cm (H: 8.5 inch), ID: 3043721
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Lot 502
89th Tribal Art Auction

Doll-like torso figure ·  Tanzania, Mambwe · ID: 3043721

sold EUR 3,700
Provenance
Jean Willy Mestach, Brussels, Belgium
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium
Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium
Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 21,5 cm
H: 8.5 inch

Description

wood, black miniature glass beads, base

Of extraordinary minimalistic shape, the usually depicted female attributes (coiffure, navel, breasts, scarification marks) missing. Like the “mwana hiti” dolls used for initiation ceremonies and also worn by women in order to enhance fertility.

Publications

Jahn, Jens (ed.), Tanzania, München 1994, p. 48, ill. II/18

AHDRC: 0153493

Africa
Figures

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