Fertility doll · Cameroon, Fali · ID: 3041831
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
Jean Chatelus, FranceAlain Lecomte, Paris, France
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 8 September 2012, lot 360
Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, polychrome miniature glass beads, cowrie shells, nearly entirely wrapped in strings of glass beads, shoulder bag, min. dam., base;
young men used to give such dolls to their fiancée. They should symbolize the sex of the firstborn child should have.
The object Fertility doll with the object ID 3041831 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 325 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.
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Comparing literature
Ritual oder Spiel? Berlin, München 2004, p. 21
Publications
AHDRC: 0139815