25 cm. Namchi (or Dowayo) and Fali have surrogate children figures. A Namchi woman, hoping to become pregnant, adorns a wood figure from a blacksmith, with beads, cowries, bells and even coins, mimicking the decoration of a young initiate returning to her village after seclusion. (VJ) Provenance: Collection Dr. Albert, Paris.
25 cm. Namchi (or Dowayo) and Fali have surrogate children figures. A Namchi woman, hoping to become pregnant, adorns a wood figure from a blacksmith, with beads, cowries, bells and even coins, mimicking the decoration of a young initiate returning to her village after seclusion. (VJ) Provenance: Collection Dr. Albert, Paris.
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