Poupée / Figure de fertilité · Namibie, Himba · ID: 3052033
Vendu
800 €
Provenance
Belgian CollectionDescription
plant fibre, cloth, hide, leather, miniature glass beads, metal, base
All Himba dolls have a rust-brown colouring. Like the Himba women, they have also been rubbed with a cosmetic that the Himba women make from a mixture of butterfat and red iron stone powder.
Littérature comparée
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 110 ff.