AFRICAN DOLLS

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ASANTE
AKUA"BA
DOLLS

YORUBA
Ibeji Twins
Catalog

YORUBA
Ibeji
Catalog

YORUBA
Dolls
Catalog

NAMJI
Ritual
Dolls 2

YORUBA
Ibeji 2
Catalog

FALI
Ritual
Dolls

MOSSI
Doll
Figures

TABWA
Doll
Catalog

Photographs © Tim Hamill

AFRICAN DOLLS

Most African small figures that we call "dolls" could function both as a toy for a young girl or as an ritual object that had other spiritual, magical or traditional purposes in each culture.

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