Selection |
Namji (Dowayo) Information |
| Tribe: | Namji (Dowayo) |
| Mask Type: | Doll (Namji) |
| Country: | Cameroon |
| Comments: | These doll-like figures were used for ritual purposes, as a protective fetish figure with beads and magical additions, or, in simpler pieces, as a fertility figure for young women... http://www.hamillgallery.com/NAMJI/NamjiDolls2/Namji19.html |
| Price: | 200 |
| Material: | Wood, cowrie shells, beads, rope, thread |
| Age: | Mid 20th century |
| Height (in): | 11 |
| Width (in): | 6 |
| Depth (in): | 1 |
