Sisal Doll. The body of the doll is made from a section of sisal plant with the hair being made up of black string with blue and white glass beads strung onto the ends of the strands. There is a cowrie shell in the hair too. [ASh [OPS move] 08/08/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Sisal Doll. The body of the doll is made from a section of sisal plant with the hair being made up of black string with blue and white glass beads strung onto the ends of the strands. There is a cowrie shell in the hair too. [ASh [OPS move] 08/08/2016]
Geographical reference: Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya; East of Mount Elgon
Cultural groups: Tiati
Person: Field collector Jean Brown Sassoon; PRM source Jean Brown Sassoon
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1978
Date collected: By 1978
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1978
Materials and processes: Material Sisal Fibre Plant, Material Sisal Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Glass, Material Bead, Material String, Material Cowrie Shell, Process Strung, Process Carved
Dimensions: Depth: max 35 mm, Width: max 42 mm, Length: max 183 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1978.20.397 Other numbers: ?JB29

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