Doll made of a reddish clay

Item

Title

Doll made of a reddish clay

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Toy
Toy & Game

Description

Doll made of clay, slightly reddened. Legs and arms broken, [pieces still present]. No hair; facial features incised. According to previous cataloguing information, the doll was made by a woman for her son and was meant to represent a little girl. It was given the personal name of Haikuma. [FHM25/09/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Clay
Moulded
H = 130mm; W = 60mm; L with legs = 162mm

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.1329
A36/1329

Source

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1936

Space/Place

Angola
Africa

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust