Figure de torse telle une poupée
Tanzanie, Mambwe
Vendu
3 700 €
Provenance
Jean Willy Mestach, Brussels, BelgiumMarc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium
Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium
Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany
Taille
H: 21,5 cm
H: 8.5 inch
Description
wood, black miniature glass beads, base
Of extraordinary minimalistic shape, the usually depicted female attributes (coiffure, navel, breasts, scarification marks) missing. Like the “mwana hiti” dolls used for initiation ceremonies and also worn by women in order to enhance fertility.
Publications
Jahn, Jens (ed.), Tanzania, München 1994, p. 48, ill. II/18AHDRC: 0153493