Untitled

Sculpture

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Untitled

Entry/Object ID

2001.61

Description

Weber #26

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood, Leather

Context

Namchi dolls are dolls sculpted by the blacksmiths in Cameroon and given to young girls as toys to play with. The dolls are usually wrapped in leather or wrapped in different beads. These dolls are given to the girls to prepare them for motherhood; they would carry them around the same way that mothers carry their children. These were also given to girls because it was thought to promote fertility.

Acquisition

Accession

2001.50-175

Source or Donor

May Weber

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of the May Weber Foundation

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown artist

Notes

Creation Date: no date

Ethnography

Notes

Africa

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

fertility, biological concepts, scientific concepts, dolls (figurines), figurines, sculpture (visual works), visual works (works)

Hierarchy Name

Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)

Facet

Associated Concepts Facet, Objects Facet

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall

Width

5 in

Depth

3-1/2 in

Length

14-1/4 in