25% Discount ANTIQUE AFRICAN FERTILITY ICON FETISH DOLL Wood Beads ART Voodoo

Description

Antique African Fetish Fertility Doll   Carved Wood Voodoo Artifact
16 1/2 inches (42 cm) tall
Obtained from a small Turkana tribal village in Northern Kenya, while I was living in the "bush" and conducting wildlife research in the late 1970's.
These were carved and decorated using the most basic implements to do so. The actual carving is usually done using the sharp top from a tin can or similar. The cowry beads, were obtained (as done for centuries) by trading with those from the coastal areas.
This is a particularly tall icon (these are most often
10-12" (25.5 - 30.5 cm). Perhaps, this particular artifact was created specifically for creating basketball players.
This is not "airport art", but an actual tribal icon used for the intended purpose. (See cautionary note below.)
CAUTION :
Months after collecting this and other fertility icons, I unexpectedly became a father! The girl (pictured here, holding a fertility dolls) from whom I acquired the artifact was 19 years old and the mother of three children at that point in time! No guarantees, but this sure seems to work.
You've tried everything else to become a grandparent (or, parent) - perhaps, looking to the tribal spirits may do the trick!