Tall doll moulded from beeswax and lukula red powder, with trade bead neck roll and skin apron.

Item

Title

Tall doll moulded from beeswax and lukula red powder, with trade bead neck roll and skin apron.

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Doll Figure
Toy & Game

Description

Tall doll kept by families to promote fertility. Forked stick forms the torso and legs. Torso, arms and head moulded from beeswax. Turquoise trade bead neck roll. Seeds pressed into wax for hair. Ostrich eggshell eyes. Stomach skin apron [etata]; long, black cattle skin back skirt - edged with iron beads [oputo]. Thick hide belt around waist. The entire doll is quite heavily covered in lukula [red powder].[FHM18/06/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Animal Intestine
Moulded
H = 350mm, W = 100mm, D = 90mm

Identifier

ETH.ANG3.490 D
A37/490d

Source

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1937
The Powell-Cotton Museum

Space/Place

Owangwe [province]
Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Okwanyama

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust

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Catalogue Card for ETH.ANG 3.490 D Physical Object