Doll with forked stick body and legs, moulded wax head, collar, shoulders and buttocks.
Item
Title
Doll with forked stick body and legs, moulded wax head, collar, shoulders and buttocks.
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Doll Figure
Figure
Description
Doll with forked stick body and legs, moulded wax head, collar, shoulders and buttocks, wearing animal skin back cloth and cotton apron; a blue glass beaded neck collar and pearlescent beaded, buuttoned hip belt layered on top of another made of numerous rows of white beads [perhaps mimicking the style of hip belts made from ostrich eggshell]; red and green hair tassel. [FHM19/06/2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Wax
Beadwork
H = 330mm
Identifier
ETH.ANG3.402
A37/402
Source
Space/Place
Mupa [place], Cunene [province]
Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Okwanyama
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust