Fertilty doll "gimwane" · South Africa, Sotho · ID: 3037403
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Günther Morgenstern, South AfricaBrigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Size
H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch
Description
conical wooden core, coated with cloth, twisted grass fibre rings and bead bracelets, decorated with strings of glass beads, coiffure of dyed plant fibre;
the skill of making dolls is passed on from the mother to the daughter, as well as the doll itself. The dolls outward appearance is based on clothing once worn at initiation rites, which consists of bundles of twisted grass fibres rings.