Fertility doll "mwana hiti" · Tanzania, Doe · ID: 3037398
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Provenance
Lavuun Quackelbeen, Brussels, BelgiumBrigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Size
H: 14 cm
H: 5.5 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, of typical form with only indicated breasts, raised forehead ridge, circular punchings, min. dam., fine cracks, small missing parts
The object Fertility doll “mwana hiti” with the object ID 3037398 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 116.
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Publications
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 83