Doll made from wooden core covered with fibre netting, and grass collar stand at base.
Item
Title
Doll made from wooden core covered with fibre netting, and grass collar stand at base.
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Toy
Children
Description
Doll made from wooden core covered with fibre netting, and grass collar stand at base. Has woven breasts, string bandeaux. The hairstyle consists of many strings and a double plait down the centre back, decorated with beads. Dressed in cloth front apron; cow hide back aprons decorated with beads; embe fruit stone waist belts. Yellow, blue, green, red and white beading. [FHM18/06/2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Wood; Plant
Woven
H = 280mm, W = 140mm, D = 80mm
Identifier
ETH.ANG3.494
A37/494
Source
Space/Place
Kapunda [municipality], Luquembo [district]
Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Mwila
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust