The dolls of the Namji or Dowayo , a people of animist mountain dwellers living in northern Cameroon, have only recently become known. The accessories, pearl necklaces and cowrie shells, have the value of talismans associated with fertility and wealth. Matt patina. These African tribal dolls are carved in wood by the blacksmith, initially for the play of little girls. But these dolls are mainly used by sterile women in complex fertility rituals, the doll becoming a substitute child that they will treat as such. In some cases the fiancé offered it to his future wife, the doll representing their future offspring. The decoration of the doll can also reproduce the finery of the new initiates after their period of seclusion.
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