About the Artwork
Fertility Doll
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African
Ndebele
Beads
Overall: 8 1/4 × 6 × 4 1/4 inches (21 × 15.2 × 10.8 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of Gerald and Vada Dunifer
78.8
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Provenance
Gerald and Vada Dunifer (Ferndale, Michigan, USA)
1978-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hawkins, D. "Sparing the Rod," Country Life (April 2, 1981): pp. 891-892 (ill.).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Ndebele, African, Fertility Doll, no date, beads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Gerald and Vada Dunifer, 78.8.
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