Small doll ·  Tanzania, Nyamwesi · ID: 3023485

Description

pumpkin, remains of black paint, a large number of fine metal rings around the neck, facial features and coiffure formed by blackish mass with miniature glass beads pressed into the soft material, wooden base

The object Small doll with the object ID 3023485 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 233 achieved a sales price of EUR 750.

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Comparing literature

Cameron, Elisabeth L., Isn´t she a doll? Play and Ritual in African Sculpture, Los Angeles 1996, p. 90, ill. 119