Two dolls · Chad, Bagirmi · ID: 3048275
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
French Private CollectionSize
H: 27 cm & 30,5 cm
H: 10.6 inch & 12.0 inch
Description
wood, blackened, rest.
Pierre Harter observed the use of these dolls as fertility symbols in the 1990s. He suspected that young girls carry the little dolls around in a leather bag or wrapped in cloth, similar to the custom observed among the Fali of northern Cameroon.
The object Two dolls with the object ID 3048275 was last part of the auction 97th Auction at November 6, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 366 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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Comparing literature
Dagan, Esther A., African Dolls for play and magic, Montreal 1990, p. 40, fig. 1.3