Doll, made of corn husk with clay breasts, beaded hair and baby in sling. Adorned in printed textile.

Item

Title

Doll, made of corn husk with clay breasts, beaded hair and baby in sling. Adorned in printed textile.

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Doll Figure
Toy & Game

Description

Doll with body of maize cob, with breasts and upper torso of clay. No arms. Face and neck roll of clay. Features incised roughly. Plaited hairstyle made from thin strips of fabric ending in clay beads [echilanda]. Doll carries a baby in fabric sling. [FHM18/06/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Clay
Tied
H = 160mm, W = 50mm, D = 50mm

Identifier

ETH.ANG3.490 B
A37/490b

Source

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1937

Space/Place

Cunene [province]
Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Mwila

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust