Palm nut doll dressed in hide and skin back and front aprons.
Item
Title
Palm nut doll dressed in hide and skin back and front aprons.
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Toy
Toy & Game
Description
Doll figure made from three palm nuts, peeled, with the top two waxed. The hair is decorated with both beaded and seed embedded plaits. Dressed in a stomach skin front and back apron with beaded hip belt and necklace. There is also a decorative back strip lined with buttons. [FHM27/07/2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Palm; Nut; Plant
Moulded
H = 195mm [FHM27/07/2019]
Identifier
ETH.ANG3.453
A37/453
Source
Space/Place
Namibia
Africa
Cultural Group: Okwanyama
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust
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Catalogue Card for ETH.ANG 3.453 | Physical Object | |
Ondunga | Physical Object | |
Ondunga, Palm Nut | Physical Object |