Catalogue Card for ETH.ANG 3.490 D

Item

Title

Catalogue Card for ETH.ANG 3.490 D

Description

<No.>A37/490d O.N./2242</No.>
<Object>Doll</Object>
<Origin>?Owangwe
Kwanyama people</Origin>
<Description>Beautiful tall doll, kept by families to promote fertility. Forked stick forms the torso and legs. Torso, arms and head moulded from beeswax. Turquoise trade bead neck roll. Seeds pressed into wax for hair. Ostrich eggshell eyes. Beeswax nose, breasts and naval. P.T.O.</Description>
<Notes> EXHIB G5. CENTRE FLOOR. CASE B</Notes>

Publisher

Making African Connections

Format

Catalogue Card

Identifier

MAC_PCM_ICGD_ETH.ANG3.490D

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust