Wooden core body, wrapped in netted fibre. Has fibre hair, plaited arms, and beaded fingers.

Item

Title

Wooden core body, wrapped in netted fibre. Has fibre hair, plaited arms, and beaded fingers.

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Toy
Children

Description

Wooden core body, wrapped in netted fibre. Has fibre hair, plaited arms, and beaded fingers. Dressed in cloth aprons and decorated with ornaments made from reeds and beads. The doll has no face, breasts or naval. Made by the Chief of the Luvando people; Tchiliwandele. [FHM18/06/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Contributor

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Wood; Plant
Woven
H = 300 mm, W = 110mm, D = 70 mm

Identifier

ETH.ANG3.493
A37/493

Source

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1937

Space/Place

Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Luvando

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust