Namji Doll - White beaded (1516) baskets Size: 90cm x 46cm

Size:  90cm x 46cm

Lake Turkana

Medium:  21 cm H x 10 cm at widest point

watering on average every couple of weeks

Each shield is carved from a single piece of Baobab wood — a sacred wood used for medicinal and ritual purposes for centuries — then covered in hundreds of hand-placed beads on manila string in a circular pattern around a dimensional cluster of natural cowrie shells at the centre

Namji Doll - White beaded (1516) baskets Size: 90cm x 46cmNamchi Namji dolls are carved from African Rosewood, a legume tree native to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. A single block of African Rosewood wood is hand carved into a geometric shape and decorated with multi coloured beads, metals, fibre, cowrie shells, coins, and even leather. Each doll is carved with a unique stature and facial expression. Unadorned dolls made by blacksmiths are played with by young