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Fertility doll "gimwane", South Africa, Ntwane, Size: H: 37,5 cm (H: 14.8 inch), ID: 3042260
Fertility doll "gimwane", South Africa, Ntwane, Size: H: 37,5 cm (H: 14.8 inch), ID: 3042260 - 2/4 Fertility doll "gimwane", South Africa, Ntwane, Size: H: 37,5 cm (H: 14.8 inch), ID: 3042260 - 3/4 Fertility doll "gimwane", South Africa, Ntwane, Size: H: 37,5 cm (H: 14.8 inch), ID: 3042260 - 4/4
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Lot 517
86th Tribal Art Auction

Fertility doll "gimwane" ·  South Africa, Ntwane · ID: 3042260

sold EUR 700
Provenance
Galerie Grusenmeyer, Ghent, Belgium
Size
H: 37,5 cm
H: 14.8 inch

Description

conical wooden core, coated with cloth, twisted grass fibre rings and bead bracelets, decorated with buttons and strings of glass beads, coiffure of blackened plant fibre

Comparing literature

Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 131

Publications

AHDRC: 0142325

Africa

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