Palm leaf doll bound with string wearing hair in pendant string style with embe fruit stone termination.

Item

Title

Palm leaf doll bound with string wearing hair in pendant string style with embe fruit stone termination.

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Doll Figure
Toy & Game

Description

Doll [also known as okana - baby doll] made from palm leaf strips bound with string. Hairstyle in pendant string with embe fruit stone termination. Stick arms, plaited breasts and buttocks. String hip belt. Cloth aprons. According to previous cataloguing information, this was owned by a young girl of the Dombondola people.[FHM25/09/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Palm; Leaf; Plant
Bound
H = 285mm.

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.1315
A36/1315

Source

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1936

Space/Place

Angola
Africa

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust