Palm nut doll dressed in hide and skin back and front aprons.
Item
Title
Palm nut doll dressed in hide and skin back and front aprons.
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Toy
Toy & Game
Description
Doll figure made from two palm nuts; the larger one forms the body [no visible arms or legs], whilst a smaller one attached forms the head. The face and hair is moulded from wax and is decorated with impressed eggshell beads [ostrich]. Dressed in a stomach skin front apron and long hide back apron with strings of green beads around the neck. Covered in lukula red powder.[FHM18/06/2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Identifier
ETH.ANG3.499
A37/499
Source
Space/Place
Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Okwanyama
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust
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Catalogue Card for ETH.ANG 3.499 | Physical Object | |
Ondunga | Physical Object | |
Ondunga, Palm Nut | Physical Object |