Fertility doll "mwana hiti" · Tanzania, Zaramo · ID: 3040195
sold
EUR 850
Provenance
Fred & Jens Jahn, Munich, GermanySize
H: 14 cm
H: 5.5 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, strings of glass beads, drilled holes on the stomach, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion
The object Fertility doll “mwana hiti” with the object ID 3040195 was part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction on February 27, 2016. The object with the lot number 549 achieved a sales price of EUR 850 with an asking price of EUR 450.
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Publications
Felix, Marc L., Mwana Hiti, München 1990, p. 209, ill. 14