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Mamouli fertility talisman from Sumba island

Posted by Susi Johnston on August 19, 2011 at 4:52pm

The Mamouli fertility talismans from Sumba have fascinated me for decades. They represent the female and also the male, in a particularly symbiotic way. Somewhat surprisingly, they are worn by men, dangling near their ears from their headcloths. Their origin was most likely as earlobe weights.

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