"Fali Ham Pilu Doll Cameroun"
Fali doll, Ham Pilu, Cameroon
rare representation of the face with what seems to be a bun. This fali is part of the series of truncated heads (see sotheby's sale for a lot of the same style https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/now/cinq-poupees-fali-cameroun-five-fali-dolls ,
but this shape is rare the braided leather arms end in cowrie shells. The stylized legs are made of leather strips also represented by cowrie shells. the truncated conical wooden body is decorated with numerous rows of pearls of all sizes
Provenance
Michel Renaudeau Collection, France; travel photographer who traveled across Africa for 20 years
Le Magazine
Rivista Artiquariato
TRÉSORS magazine