Namji Fertility Doll
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Carved wooden figure with a lock of human or animal hair bound with yarn to the top of the small head, the long neck and short legs wrapped with beads, the abdomen bound in colorful cloth. On custom gallery stand. Likely Namji people, Cameroon. Doll, approx. 6 3/4" H. With stand, approx. 9 1/2" H. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected throughout Central and West Africa in the 1960s and 70s. He established galleries of African Art in New York and San Francisco, selling to museums and public and private collections in the United States and Europe.
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Namji Fertility Doll
Estimate $80 - $200
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