Namji Fertility Doll Medium Colour:Black vintage wooden bowls from global

vintage wooden bowls from global communities are increasingly rare to curate and would have been used to prepare and serve food or used for storage for many years

named after the trees she preferred to climb

Often the bowls have a distinctive and unusual flared lip which is the result of an intensive process where the wood is softened with water and then bound with strips of leather which are tightened over a period of time until the desired shape is achieved

Style as a sculptural decorative object

Namji Fertility Doll Medium Colour:Black vintage wooden bowls from globalThe Namji people of North West Cameroon are famous for their dolls, their designs are considered to be amongst the finest and most beautiful of the African dolls. Fertility dolls were traditionally given to young girls to look after and help prepare for their roles as mothers. The dolls are works of art, hand carved from indigenous wood and hand finished with beads and shells. These dolls are timeless decorative art pieces, perfect for anywhere in the