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Tall African female doll, very old, mid century
$ 5.28
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Very old, mid century. 13 1/2 inches high. Even dark patina and stain over carved wood, simple arms blunted, no hands. Suggestion of face, chunk/chip loss on one foot as pictured. Thin bark body wrap accented with with copper wire. Neck has metal tiny ringed high coil ornament .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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