Namji Doll - Gold - 33cm - 158C TV Crew Colour: blue beads with cowrie

Colour: blue beads with cowrie shells

You can use it as a coffee table or a piece of art on its own

Left unglazed

traded as currency within Kuba society

Size:-  90cmH x 25cmW on stand

Namji Doll - Gold - 33cm - 158C TV Crew Colour: blue beads with cowrieA hand carved Namji (also known as Namchi) doll from Cameroon. Carved from a single block of African rosewood into a bold geometric figure, then dressed in gold beads and finished with cowrie shells, coins, metal and leather. No two are quite alike in stance, face or beadwork. Traditionally these are fertility dolls, given to a bride at her wedding and carried as a good luck charm. Once she has a child, the doll is kept on the family altar or passed