Fertility doll "mwana hiti" · Tanzania, Doe · ID: 3037400
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Provenance
Lavuun Quackelbeen, Brussels, BelgiumBrigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Size
H: 10,5 cm
H: 4.1 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, blackened coiffure, remains of pigments, the lower part carved with two ornamental bands running around, eyes with white miniature bead inlays, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion
The object Fertility doll “mwana hiti” with the object ID 3037400 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 117.
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Publications
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 83