Doll with wax head, collar and shoulders, breasts and buttocks; wearing waist belts with button tails.
Item
Title
Doll with wax head, collar and shoulders, breasts and buttocks; wearing waist belts with button tails.
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Doll Figure
Toy & Game
Description
Doll [also known as okana] with wax head, collar and shoulders, breasts and buttocks. Beads decorate collar, seed hip belt, cloth front apron and skin back cloth, tails with buttons, waist belts of dried animal skin and vine/grass. The doll wears real hair and it is noted in previous cataloguing information that it has "ongoka" disc facial features.[FHM25/09/2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Wax
Moulded
H = 30mm
Identifier
ETH.ANG2.1310
A36/1310
Source
Space/Place
Angola
Africa
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust