Namji Doll - Vintage original (87.1)

A genuine vintage Namji (also known as Namchi) doll from Cameroon, carved from a single block of African rosewood and dressed in multicoloured beads with cowrie shells, coins, metal and leather. Each is carved with its own unique stance and expression.

Traditionally a fertility doll: given to a bride at her wedding and carried as a good-luck charm, then kept on the family altar or passed down to her daughter once she had a child.

Please note: as a vintage piece, a couple of bead strings are loose and there are small imperfections in keeping with its age.

Size: approx. 30 × 10cm.