Namji Doll - Light Blue - 43cm - 181C picnic area Green Beads

Green Beads

sweeping curves to define the trunk and the broad

believed to hold the sunsum — the soul — of the Ashanti people

however they are at their best seen from above

Namji Doll - Light Blue - 43cm - 181C picnic area Green BeadsA hand carved Namji (also known as Namchi) doll from Cameroon. Carved from a single block of African rosewood into a bold geometric figure, then dressed in light blue beads and finished with cowrie shells, coins, metal and leather. No two are quite alike in stance, face or beadwork. Traditionally these are fertility dolls, given to a bride at her wedding and carried as a good luck charm. Once she has a child, the doll is kept on the family altar or