Three carved figures wrapped in netting; to be worn at neck.

Item

Title

Three carved figures wrapped in netting; to be worn at neck.

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Doll Figure
Figure

Description

Three carved, wooden figures netted together - a female each side of [tchingangi] masked man [seen at initiation] with his high mask 'hat' [tchisuku]. Names: L-R: Phor [female], Aolunga [male], Moiana [child]. Usually worn by a woman at the neck.[FHM18/06/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Wood; Plant
Bound
H = 60mm, W = 50mm, D = 20mm

Identifier

ETH.ANG3.502
A37/502

Source

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1937

Space/Place

Cunene [province], Mupa [place]
Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Tchokwe

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust

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