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Antique wooden belly or fertility mask, likely crafted by the Makonde people of Tanzania and Mozambique. Depicts a stylized female …
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Antique wooden belly or fertility mask, likely crafted by the Makonde people of Tanzania and Mozambique. Depicts a stylized female torso with carved breasts and a prominent navel/pregnant belly, featuring geometric scarification markings. Traditionally used by dancers during initiation and fertility ceremonies to symbolize pregnancy and childbirth.
No makers mark. Overall age wear. Scuffs, scratches and chips to wood.
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- Dimensions
- 13ʺW × 8ʺD × 23.5ʺH
- Styles
- African
- Figurative
- Period
- Early 20th Century
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Wood
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Overall age wear. Scuffs, scratches and chips to wood. Overall age wear. Scuffs, scratches and chips to wood. less
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