African female  doll, mid to third-quarter 20th century

Description

Crudely carved face, prominent ears; insect seed bead eyes. Metal coil around neck, front draped with wood and trade bead ornament. Soft brown stain and patina; yarn hair. Measures 6 1/2 " high 2 " at the bottom legs Circa mid to 3/4 20th century
Fertility dolls.  A traditional practice, dolls carved by the father of the family and decorated by the mother. After reaching puberty girls use them to practice motherhood and to assure fertility.
I sell to the US only
I have recently come into a number of African Art pieces.
Wooden face masks, passport masks, jewelry
and other items. These are not souvenir shop items.
They were purchased in Liberia and Kenya although I believe most were purchased in Liberia and possibly in the Ivory Coast. Purchased by an avid collector/ doctor stationed in Africa in the early1990’s.
They were appraised by Cummings& Associates, a Eugene Oregon company, in 2016. The appraisal values were quite high but I can’t be sure they represent actual value since these items are one of a kind and can’t really be replaced.
I describe these as best I can, but I’m not personally knowledgeable with the pieces.  Most descriptions were provided by the appraiser..
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