Fertility idol · Venezuela, Timoto · ID: 3038431
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Provenance
Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart, GermanyBruno Voges, Pliezhausen, Germany
Size
H: 9 cm
H: 3.5 inch
Description
ceramic, with flat and extremely broad head, cream coloured ground with brown cross hatches on body and face, min. dam., small missing parts (left foot tip), slight traces of abrasion, base
Proceeds will be given to the “Bürgerverein Altenhilfe e. V. Pliezhausen”
The object Fertility idol with the object ID 3038431 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 76.
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Comparing literature
Hoffmann, Ulrich (Hg.), Frauen des alten Amerika in Kult und Alltag, Stuttgart 2001, p. 235