Fertility doll "mwana hiti" · Tanzania, Kwere · ID: 3037446
sold
EUR 250
Provenance
René David, Zurich, SwitzerlandBrigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Size
H: 11,5 cm
H: 4.5 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, typical form, bipartite coiffure with coloured beads, min. dam., slight traces of insect caused damage, small missing parts
The object Fertility doll “mwana hiti” with the object ID 3037446 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 118 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.
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Publications
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 83