Fertility doll ·  Cameroon, Namchi · ID: 3039236

Description

wood, dark brown, partly encrusted patina, abundantly provided with heavy strings of metal and glass beads, as well as several metal pendants, eyes inset with white miniature glassbeads, 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 3039236 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 405.

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