Female doll made of black clay with a double crested hairstyle, left breast missing

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Doll Figure

Description

Doll made of a cylinder of black clay, representing a woman. She is dressed with a thin band of bark cloth which is not attached. On the front of the body there is a vertical groove down the length of the body, and two mounds for breasts, the left breast has broken off. On the back there are two crosses etched into the clay. The face is blank. The head has an elaborate hairstyle, with two crests at the top of the head and one on either side. The top two crests have cross-hatched decoration.

[KL 01/06/2020]