Fertility doll · Cameroon, Fali · ID: 3033186
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Jean Chatelus Collection, FranceAlain Lecomte, Paris, France
Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, nearly entirely wrapped in strings of glass beads with affixed cowrie snails, shoulder bag, min. dam., on base;
young men used to give such dolls to their fiancée. They should symbolize the sex the firstborn child should have.
Comparing literature
Ritual oder Spiel? Berlin, München 2004, p. 21