Fertility doll · Cameroun, Namchi · ID: 3037401
Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Description
wood, slightly shiny, brown patina, of typical form with u-shaped legs, massive shoulders and simplified facial features, several piercings in the area of the head, min. dam., small missing parts (fingers), base;
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 3037401 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 78th tribal art auction dans 18 octobre 2014 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 107 a atteint un prix de vente de 2 000 €.
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Publications
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 55