Doll with wax head, shoulders, neck collar, naval and buttocks.
Item
Title
Doll with wax head, shoulders, neck collar, naval and buttocks.
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Doll Figure
Toy & Game
Description
Doll [also known as okana] with wax head, shoulders, neck collar, naval and buttocks. It is wearing a somach skin front and skin back apros; a decorative beaded neck collar; seeded hair [perhaps wheat, masambala, or a type of gourd/pumpkin]. Onjeva disc eyes. According to previous records, this doll was supposed to represent a girl.[FHM25/09/2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Wax
Moulded
H = 370mm
Identifier
ETH.ANG2.1314
A36/1314
Source
Space/Place
Angola
Africa
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust