doll, stout, carved of wood with stylised limbs and bent knees. extensive adornment.
Item
Title
doll, stout, carved of wood with stylised limbs and bent knees. extensive adornment.
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Toy
Children
Description
Carved doll in Okwanyama dress, made by the Tchokwe people. Wearing a front apron made from cloth and a back apron crafted from animal skin. Strings of green beads hang around the neck and waist. The object is carved in the Tchokwe style of bent knees, shoulders and arms. Grooves etched into head of the figure form hairstyle, and facial features with eggshell eyes set in wax.[FHM18/06/2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Wax
Carved
H = 205 mm
Identifier
ETH.ANG3.497
A37/497
Source
Space/Place
Cunene [province], Onjiva [place]
Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Okwanyama
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust