Bamileke, (Mbalekeo, Mileke) GRASSLAND, CAMEROON

 

Beaded Penis Doll

Dolls have been used by many African people for play, instruction and magic. Sympathetic Medicine dolls are used by local healers to aid barren women and impotent men.

 

Exhibited at the "Fertile, Frightful, Divine"show. New Brunswick, NJ. July 2011

 

#M11B5O1509
18" x 7.5" x 7"
$450 + $35
Materials: wood, beads, cowry shells, leather strips.

 

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