Title:
Female Fetish Figure, (Fertility Doll)
Object Name:
Figure, Fetish
Other Name:
Figure, Fetish, Female
Place of Origin:
Zaramo, Tanzania, Africa
Provenance:
Aboriginal Indigenous Art.
H = 8"
W = 4"
D = 4"
The figure expresses the unity of life principles, and plays an especially important role in the female initiation rites. During her seclusion period, a girl initiate is given a trunk like figure, which she ritually feeds and cares for, in order to promote her growth, health, and fertility.
H = 8"
W = 4"
D = 4"
The figure expresses the unity of life principles, and plays an especially important role in the female initiation rites. During her seclusion period, a girl initiate is given a trunk like figure, which she ritually feeds and cares for, in order to promote her growth, health, and fertility.
Description:
Fetish figure with wedge—shaped body, short cylindrical neck, flat jaws, double crescent—shaped headdress. Small face, slit mouth, dotted eyes on one side, flat shoulders, flanged at bottom.
Collection:
Finley Collection
Material:
Wood
Used:
Ritually Used
Technique:
Carving
Owned:
Art Department, Missouri Southern State University
Accession#:
2014.1.60
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