Fertility doll ·  Cameroon, Namchi · ID: 3038414

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, glass beads, of typical form, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, base;
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 women who have difficulties in getting pregnant.

The object Fertility doll with the object ID 3038414 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 349 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.

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