Fertility doll ·  Cameroon, Namchi · ID: 3033255

Description

wood, brown patina, strings of coloured glass beads, coins, massive shoulders, small head with crested coiffure, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
among the Namchi, unadorned dolls made by blacksmiths are young girl’s playthings. When beads, bells and coins are added, however, the doll becomes a surrogate baby for a woman who is having difficulty in getting pregnant.

The object Fertility doll with the object ID 3033255 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 161 achieved a sales price of EUR 280.

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Comparing literature

Cameron, Elisabeth L., Isn't she a doll? Los Angeles 1996, p. 76 ff.