Large cylindrical doll made of braided plant fibre with elaborate hair or head dress with blue beads
Item
Title
Large cylindrical doll made of braided plant fibre with elaborate hair or head dress with blue beads
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Doll Figure
Figure
Description
Large doll with a simple cylindrical body made of a golden coloured braided plant fibre, wrapped around a core of the same fibre, with a slightly wider base. The doll has no defined head or face but wears an elaborate hairstyle or head dress also made of braided plant fibre and decorated with blue glass beads at the end of four of the braids. There is a darker coloured strip of plant fibre string woven into the centre parting of the hairstyle.
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Plant; Fibre
Braided
Max H = 370 mm Max W = 110 mm Max D = 140 mm
Identifier
ETH.ANG2.1338
A36/1338
Source
Space/Place
Angola
Africa
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust