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

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1937

Space/Place

Angola
Africa

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust