Cylindrical doll bound with fibre, with plaited hair decorated with buttons and loops of trade beads.

Item

Title

Cylindrical doll bound with fibre, with plaited hair decorated with buttons and loops of trade beads.

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Doll Figure
Toy & Game

Description

Doll with straight, cylindrical body covered in closely bound fibre. Plaited hairstyle, almost at a right-angle to the body. In two parts, and decorated with white, plastic buttons and loops of trade beads. Cloth skirts and a waist bet of scented root.[FHM18/06/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Rope
Tied
H = 160mm, W = 50mm, D = 110mm

Identifier

ETH.ANG3.490 C
A37/490c

Source

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1937

Space/Place

Angola
Africa

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust