2.046 African Art: Namibia - Kwanyama tribe - Healing figure - 31cm

Country: Namibia, Southwestern Africa

Tribe: Kwanyama

Usage: The figure represents a woman with rank and has been used as during healing and fertility rituals which were blessed by their Ancestors.

Size: 31cm

Comment:  The added red bead symbolized 'Life'  and was an important part of this ritual.