Vintage Dan Tribe Wooden Dancing Figure

Dan stilt dancer doll. This African doll comes from the Dan in Ivory Coast and Liberia. It depicts how the Dan stilt dancers would appear. Wooden legs, animal hair, braided straw as a ceremonial skirt, sack/hessian material has been used to represent a shirt, yellow and brown has been cleverly used as hair.

Dimensions:

Height: 31cm / 12.20"
Width: 15.5cm / 6.10"
Depth: 24cm / 9.44"

Circa 1980s.