Fali Doll, Cameroon
Product ID: A1200-788
$1,495.00
About this piece
Rolled cord, wound tight, topped with a small crown of beaded pins.
Fali artists of Cameroon, Central Africa, made this doll in the 20th century, with glass beads noted in the record. Dolls in the region are commonly made for children and for ritual use, and many are quite abstract. Here a narrow body is wound in reddish-brown fiber cord, tapering toward the base, with two small flanking projections like fins. A cluster of slender sticks tipped with red, white and black beads fans out at the top. A dark stand holds it upright.
About 10 inches tall. Odd, tactile and impossible to confuse with anything else on the shelf.
