Description : Small-scale Carved wooden fetish statue from the Makonde People in Tanzania. Fetishes (from the Portuguese word feitio, meaning artificial, or false), an inanimate object worshiped for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit. Wooden doll has leather sewn over an open carved stomach. Doll measures approx 8.5 inches in height by 2.25 inches in diameter. Doll has surface wear consistent with age. African Art, Tribal Art, African sculpture, ethnographic Art, Figural Sculpture, fetish doll sculpture, African folk art, collectible African arts. Property of a New York Private Collection. 7
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n° 303 Titre : Hand-Size Makonde Tribe Fetish Doll Dimensions : 8.5 inches in height by 2.25 inches in diameter