Doll baby carrier made from calf skin with embe fruit stone decoration
Item
Title
Doll baby carrier made from calf skin with embe fruit stone decoration
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Toy
Toy & Game
Description
Doll baby carrier [also known as odikwa] made from calf skin pierced together. Top turned over - no proper side thongs, fibre string in its place. Embe pendant decoration attached to separate strip skin. All very rough. According to previous cataloguing information this would have been used by a girl for carrying a doll and is linked to object numbered: A36/1330 [o.n.1674].[FHM25/09/2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Animal; Skin
Bound
L = 240mm; W = 165mm [top].
Identifier
ETH.ANG2.1340
A36/1340
Source
Space/Place
Angola
Africa
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust