NAMIBIA HERERO DOLL

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Ca. 20th century AD. >A wooden doll with a carved head and cylindrical body, adorned with multiple coiled fibre neck rings and small bead strands. The figure is further decorated with textile elements forming small hanging bands of coloured fabric. Mounted on a later display stand. Dolls of this type are associated with the Herero peoples of Namibia and were traditionally given to young girls as play objects and symbols connected to ideas of fertility, womanhood and social identity. > >Size: 150mm x 80mm; Weight: 175g >Provenance: Prince Collection, 1990s-2014; ex Michael Graham Stewart. > >

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NAMIBIA HERERO DOLL

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