Two dolls · Guinée-Bissau, Balante · ID: 3035227
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Description
thighbone (of a pig), partly shiny patina, adorned with strings of coloured miniature glassbeads, min. dam., small missing parts, traces of usage, socle;
it is thought that like the stylized wooden dolls of the Balante, dolls of this type are carried by women on their backs.
Littérature comparée
Dolls for play and ritual, Berg en Dal 1995, p. 29