Zemanek-Münster

Small doll · 
Tanzania, Nyamwesi · ID: 3023485

sold EUR 750
Provenance
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 15 cm
H: 5.9 inch

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


Comparing literature

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

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