Ham Pilu Fertility Doll
Fali · Cameroon
Reference: FRT-9
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- Height
- 19 cm
- Material
- Wood covered in large rows of blue, green and red glass beads.
The young man Fali He makes for his girlfriend a wooden doll that he adorns with ceramic pearls, cauris, hair or other small objects that serve…
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Full original description
The young man Fali He makes for his girlfriend a wooden doll that he adorns with ceramic pearls, cauris, hair or other small objects that serve as ornament according to the doll. This doll represents a commitment to marriage, remembered by the future son whose representation the future mother carries behind her back in the traditional way of African mothers. According to the child desired for the first child the groom will make a doll or doll.
The young bride, or the wife, will take care of the doll until the birth of the child, at which time the doll will be kept, which will have already done its job. Red, green and blue cubes and thick white beads on wrists and feet.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Last third of the century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Cameroon. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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