Snail shell used as a toy cow; brown in colour with streaks of a lighter shade.
Item
Title
Snail shell used as a toy cow; brown in colour with streaks of a lighter shade.
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Toy
Toy & Game
Description
Brown streaked, pointed shell. Used by children to represent cows. According to previous cataloguing information and further research, these would have been used by children to represent cows, as they made mooing sounds when playing with them. [FHM25/09/2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Shell
Dried
L = 70mm
Identifier
ETH.ANG2.1342
A36/1342
Source
Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1936
Space/Place
Kaingonna village. 30km from Quipungo towards Capelongo. [HFD 22/07/2021]
Angola
Africa
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust