Large cylindrical doll made of braided plant fibre with elaborate hair or head dress with blue beads

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Doll Figure

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Description

Large doll with a simple cylindrical body made of a golden coloured braided plant fibre, wrapped around a core of the same fibre, with a slightly wider base. The doll has no defined head or face but wears an elaborate hairstyle or head dress also made of braided plant fibre and decorated with blue glass beads at the end of four of the braids. There is a darker coloured strip of plant fibre string woven into the centre parting of the hairstyle.