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Fertility doll "mwana hiti" - Tanzania, Zaramo

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A Fine Zaramo Mwana Hiti staff, African Art: A carved wooden staff with a Mawana Hiti or fertility doll image on top and a well handled surface patina. Zaramo peoples, Tanzania. The Staff measures 18.5 inches ( 21 inches tall on professional cus

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Highly Stylized Old Kwere Mwana Hiti Doll, African Art: An old and interesting carved wooden Kwere Mwana Hiti doll with exaggerated coiffure and well handled surface patina. Kwere peoples, Tanzania, Africa. The sculpture measures 5.5 inches tall. Ex Collec

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Fertility doll "mwana hiti" - Tanzania, Zaramo

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Description

wood, dark brown patina, strings of glass beads, drilled holes on the stomach, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion
H: 14 cm, H: 5,5 inch
Provenance:
Fred & Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany
Published in:
Felix, Marc L., Mwana Hiti, München 1990, p. 209, ill. 14
Continent: Africa

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Fertility doll "mwana hiti" - Tanzania, Zaramo

Name: Fertility doll \"mwana hiti\" - Tanzania, Zaramo
SKU: 43708053
Price: 850 EUR
Availability: InStock

Estimate €450 - €900

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