Clay doll with round head, long bowed legs and one short arm, dressed in a cloth rag and beads
Item
Title
Clay doll with round head, long bowed legs and one short arm, dressed in a cloth rag and beads
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Doll Figure
Figure
Description
A clay doll with round head. The doll originally had eyes, nose and mouth made by pressing millet grains into the clay. Only the left eye remains. It has long legs in proportion to the other features and short arms. The left arm has broken off. The doll is dressed in a rag which is tied around the waist with a thinner strip of rag as a belt. It wears a necklace of red and green glass beads.
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Clay
Modelled
Max H = 153 mm Max W = 52 mm Max D = 35 mm
Identifier
ETH.ANG2.1330 .7
A36/1330g
Source
Space/Place
Cunene Province [province], [Omupanda Mission]
Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Okwanyama
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust