French African Tribal Art Collection. Adorned with traditional accessories linked to prestige, including the refined element of the beaded micro panty, this African doll from the Namji or Dowayo >, an animist mountain people established in the north of Cameroon, symbolizes the values surrounding the traditional African doll. These African tribal dolls are carved in wood by the blacksmith, initially for the play of little girls. But these dolls are mainly used by sterile women in complex fertility rituals, the doll becoming a surrogate child that they will treat as such. In some cases the groom offered it to his future wife, the doll representing their future offspring. The decoration of the doll can also reproduce the finery of the new initiates after their period of confinement.
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