Fertility doll ·  Cameroun, Namchi · ID: 3034408

Description

wood, brown patina, torso and neck wrapped with strings of glass beads, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, socle;
among the Namchi, unadorned dolls made by blacksmiths are young girl’s playthings. When beads, bells and coins are added, however, the doll becomes a surrogate baby for a woman who is having difficulty in getting pregnant. The woman treats the figure like a newborn. She feeds it gruel and carries it on her back, as a mother would a child. The decoration duplicates the adornment worn by young initiates returning to the village after their period of seclusion.

L’objet Fertility doll avec l’ID d’objet 3034408 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 72nd tribal art auction dans 9 mars 2013 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 399 a atteint un prix de vente de 600 €.

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Littérature comparée

Cameron, Elisabeth L., Isn't she a doll? Los Angeles 1996, p. 76 ff.