Three dolls "ham pilu" · Cameroon, Fali · ID: 3050042

Name: Three dolls "ham pilu"
SKU: 3050042
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany (1995)

Size

H: ca. 24 cm (each)

H: ca. 9.4 inch (each)

Description

wood, miniature glass beads, cowries, coins, leather, cord material, each mounted on base

There are still leather straps (cords) on the dolls with which they were tied on the back and carried around, either as toys or as fertility dolls of marriageable girls or women who remained childless.

J.P. Lebeuf reports that a young man must worship a doll “ham pilu” to the girl of his choice, which has the gender that the couple’s future child should have.

The object Three dolls “ham pilu” with the object ID 3050042 was last part of the auction Collectors’ Items Sale at September 24, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 237.

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