Doll made from a corn cob with clay head and textile head dress and aprons
Item
Title
Doll made from a corn cob with clay head and textile head dress and aprons
Subject
Figure
Doll Figure
Description
Doll made from a corn cob with clay added to form the head, with a large cox comb head dress which is decorated with pin pricks in the clay. The doll has hair made of strips of a black textile attached on either side of the face with round clay beads at the end of each strip. The body is made of a corn cob with some clay additions around the abdomen. It is dressed in front and back aprons made out of scraps of black, beige and beige checked fabric. The checked fabric is secured around the base of the corn husk with plant fibre string.
[KL 01/06/2020]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Clay
Identifier
ETH.ANG3.460
A37/460
Source
Space/Place
Africa
Angola
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust