Two dolls · Guinea-Bissau, Balante · ID: 3035227
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Size
H: 24 cm
24,5 cm
H: 9.4 inch
9.6 inch
Description
thighbone (of a pig), partly shiny patina, adorned with strings of coloured miniature glassbeads, min. dam., small missing parts, traces of usage, socle;
it is thought that like the stylized wooden dolls of the Balante, dolls of this type are carried by women on their backs.
The object Two dolls with the object ID 3035227 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 108.
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Comparing literature
Dolls for play and ritual, Berg en Dal 1995, p. 29