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Descrizione : Fetility doll add to watchlistNamchi, Kamerun wood, brown patina, remains of paint, u-shaped legzone, a slender trunk, the hips wrapped up in glass bead strings, strong shoulders merging into free worked arms, surmounted by a small head with inset eyes, scarification marks on the cheeks, high-crested coiffure, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion, on base, dolls without adornment were used as toys. When beads, bells and coins were added, the doll became a kind of replacement baby for a woman, having difficulties in getting pregnant. The woman treats the figure like a newborn, she feeds it with gruel and carries it on her back. H: 18 cm, (4828/006) Provenance Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium Literature Cameron, Elisabeth L., Isn´t she a doll? Play and Ritual in African Sculpture, Los Angeles 1996, p. 76 ff.
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