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1995.13.2

Conical shaped beaded fertility doll.

1995.13.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Conical shaped beaded fertility doll.
Geographical reference
Zimbabwe
Africa > Eastern Africa > Zimbabwe
Person
Field collector Margery Jones
PRM source Margery Jones
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1938
Date collected
1938
Acquisition information
Donated: 03/1995
Materials and processes
Material Bead, Material Plant Fibre, Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Metal, Process Beadwork, Process Carved
Dimensions
Height: max 315 mm, Depth: max 130 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1995.13.2
Research and responses

For more information on such dolls see Margret Carey, Beads and Beadwork of South Africa (Princes Risborough: Shire Publications, 1986), p. 57-8.

Search terms: Toy and Game, Figure, Doll Figure

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