Doll. Palm-leaf core, divided for legs and bound with string, perforated with stick for arms. Palm-leaf buttocks and hair of plaited plant fibre. [LKG 27/10/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Doll. Palm-leaf core, divided for legs and bound with string, perforated with stick for arms. Palm-leaf buttocks and hair of plaited plant fibre. [LKG 27/10/2009]
Long description: Doll. Palm-leaf core, divided for legs and bound with string, perforated with stick for arms. Palm-leaf buttocks and hair of plaited plant fibre. No breasts or features. Stomach-skin front apron and skin belt. No back apron. Coiffure of big plaits of harsh fibre and long soft fibre strings knotted at end. [LKG 27/10/2009]
Geographical reference: Angola
Africa > Central Africa > Angola; Southern Angola
Person: Field collector Antoinette Powell-Cotton; Field collector Diana Powell-Cotton; PRM source Powell-Cotton Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1936-1937
Date collected: 1936-1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1945
Materials and processes: Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material String, Material Animal Skin, Material Palm Fibre Plant, Process Perforated, Process Knotted, Process Bound, Process Plaited, Process Twisted
Dimensions: Width 75 mm, Length 322 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1945.10.1 Other numbers: Powell-Cotton number (36.1925)

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