Clay doll with rounded head, arms, legs and breasts, dressed in a cloth rag and wrapped in string

Item

Title

Clay doll with rounded head, arms, legs and breasts, dressed in a cloth rag and wrapped in string

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Doll Figure
Figure

Description

A clay doll made by a girl and named 'Noriku' by the girl's mother. The doll is formed of a rounded head which has several holes poked in it. It has separately formed arms, legs and protruding breasts. The doll is dressed in a rag which is tied at the waist and between the legs with string.

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Clay
Modelled
Max H = 70 mm Max W = 53 mm Max D = 30 mm

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.1330 .10
A36/1330j

Source

The Powell-Cotton Museum
Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1936

Space/Place

Angola
Africa

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust