Large doll with grass fibre and grass collar, adorned with bottle opener in hair.
Item
Title
Large doll with grass fibre and grass collar, adorned with bottle opener in hair.
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Doll Figure
Toy & Game
Description
Tall cylindrical body, bound with fibre. The base is circular, flat woven fibre. Wire arms decorated with twisted arm bands of roots. A thick neck roll of plaited fibre with a brass stud. White buttons for eyes and mouth. Head band studded with brass buttons. Cloth skirts. Long plaited hairstyle decorated with lengths of reed beads, bead ladders, pieces of incised brass and iron and copper, made into rings. A European bottle opener attached to a piece of string. Other pieces of metal are added for decoration.[FHM18/06/2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Grass; Fibre; Plant
Plaited
H = 290mm, W = 210mm, D = 210mm [FHM08/07/2019]
Identifier
ETH.ANG3.490 A
A37/490a
Source
Space/Place
Angola
Africa
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust