Palm nut doll

Item

Title

Palm nut doll

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Doll Figure
Toy & Game

Description

Double palm nut, head and abdomen peeled and waxed. Wearing real hairstyle, with bead facial features. Cloth aprons are worn from back to front. According to the original cataloguing card, the doll is supposed to be a boy and would be carried by a little girl on the back. [FHM27/07/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Palm; Nut; Plant
Tied
H = 100mm [FHM27/07/2019]

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.1326
A36/1326

Source

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1936

Space/Place

Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Okwanyama

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust

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Title Alternate label Class
Ondunga Physical Object
Ondunga, Palm Nut Physical Object