Doll made from palm leaf strips with eggshell disc eyes
Item
Title
Doll made from palm leaf strips with eggshell disc eyes
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Doll Figure
Toy & Game
Description
Doll with eggshell disc eyes and palm leaf strips bound with string; fibre and real hairstyle; stick arms; fibre breasts and buttocks. Dressed in a stomach skin front apron, with a brides cattle backskin apron. Also wearing an Onjeva [eggshell] hip belt, skin belt, brides bandeau and two plaited hoop belts. [FHM27/07/2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Palm; Fibre; Plant
Tied
H = 270mm [FHM27/07/2019]
Identifier
ETH.ANG2.1317
A36/1317
Source
Space/Place
Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Okwanyama
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust