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Dolls

National Museums of Kenya

National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya

Fertility doll made from doum palm seeds. Hair is strips of goatskin. attached by acacia thorns. The doll represents the female form and are a fertility symbol ensuring that the girls who carry them will produce many children. They're hung up in the hut when they're not carried.

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  • Title: Dolls
  • Location: Kenya
  • Type: Doll
  • Rights: National Museums of Kenya
  • Medium: Doum Palm seed
  • Photographer: GibsPhotography
  • Local Name: Lukoi
  • Community: El Molo
  • Collection Date: 1969-05-15
  • Collected By: E.J.B
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