Fertility doll ·  Cameroun, Fali · ID: 3033186

Description

wood, brown patina, nearly entirely wrapped in strings of glass beads with affixed cowrie snails, shoulder bag, min. dam., on base;
young men used to give such dolls to their fiancée. They should symbolize the sex the firstborn child should have.

Littérature comparée

Ritual oder Spiel? Berlin, München 2004, p. 21