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>
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
Source
Relation
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust