Turkana
Fertility Doll
Turkana, 1933
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Turkana
Fertility Doll
Turkana, 1933
Physical Qualities
Wood, hide, glass and plastic beads, fiber, 15 3/4 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (40 x 8 x 8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sandra R. Leichtman, Baltimore
Object Number
1999.172
Female figure with long fiber hair, a white bead in each eye, a spiral of twelve rows of beads around neck, a chest garment of hide and beads and a front and back waist garment of hide bordered in blue beads.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1999; Sandra R. Leichtman; purchased in 1973 in San Francisco. Originally purchased in Africa by a Peace Corps volunteer.
"Design for Mobile Living Art from Eastern Africa," June 1, 2016 - Nov 27, 2016, BMA, Kevin Tervala and Shannen Hill.
