Fertility Doll
Item
- Accession Number
- 2019.20
- Title
- Fertility Doll
- Ethnic Group
- Doe
- Subject
- Figure|Fertility|East Africa
- Country
- Tanzania
- Date
- 20th century
- Medium
- Wood|Palm Oil
- Format
- H x W x D: 7.5 x 2 x 2 in. (19.05 x 5.08 x 5.08 cm)
- Description
- A fertility doll is composed of a head with a highly-stylized coiffure, a naturalistic face, a long neck, and a long torso ending in a flared bottom. The torso has arms and hands, small breasts, and an umbilicus. The doll is stained, worn, patinated, and mounted on a custom base.
- Item sets
- African Art
