Fertility doll "mwana hiti" · Tanzania, Kwere · ID: 3040196
sold
EUR 650
Provenance
Fred & Jens Jahn, Munich, GermanySize
H: 11,5 cm
H: 4.5 inch
Description
wood, middle brown patina, pokerwork, of typical form with bipartite coiffure, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion
The object Fertility doll “mwana hiti” with the object ID 3040196 was part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction on February 27, 2016. The object with the lot number 544 achieved a sales price of EUR 650 with an asking price of EUR 450.
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Publications
Felix, Marc L., Mwana Hiti, München 1990, p. 214, ill. 20