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Evocations of the Child: Fertility Figures of the Southern African Region by Johannesburg Art Gallery and edited by Elizabeth Dell includes texts from several of the leading experts in the field of African art with over 200 color images.

African fertility dolls are becoming increasingly collected in the West. These beautiful hand-made artifacts with their vibrant colors and intriguing designs, often decorated with brightly colored beads, are now gaining the recognition that they deserve as works of art. This book is the first to examine this fascinating aspect of African art in such depth.