"Fali Doll "ham Pilu" Cameroon"
ham pilu fali doll Cameroon is part of the corpus of fali truncated heads see Sotheby's sale for similar examples a necklace tied in the back, made up of beads braided around a textile core is wrapped around the neck it was perhaps the necklace of suspension of the doll beautiful patina of the head the body covered with rows of pearls and slices of synthetic coconut the arms and legs represented by cowrie shells gatheeredprovenance
from Michel Renaudeau France, travel photographer, traveled Africa for 20 years
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