Doll · Guinée-Bissau, Balante · ID: 3037389
Vendu
200 €
Provenance
German Private Collection, StuttgartBrigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Description
metatarsal bone of a water buffalo, adorned with strings of miniature beads, min. dam., traces of abrasion and usage, base;
it is thought that like the stylized wooden dolls of the Balante, dolls of this type are carried by women on their backs.