Doll made from a piece of corncob with a wax moulded head and ?arms and a grey textile skirt.

Collection type: Object
Description: Doll made from a piece of corncob with a wax moulded head and ?arms and a grey textile skirt.
Long description: Doll made from a piece of corncob with a wax moulded head and ?arms and a grey textile skirt. The doll has been fashioned with a large flat head-piece marked with many circular indentations. Below this, at the top of the corncob, is a band of wax with white seeds inlaid. Below this, about a quarter of the way down the corncob are two moulded points of wax, possibly representing the figure's breasts. Running down the back of the corncob is a length of wax with white seeds inlaid. The grey textile 'skirt' is very roughly made.
Geographical reference: Angola
Africa > Central Africa > Angola
Person: Field collector Antoinette Powell-Cotton; Field collector Diana Powell-Cotton; PRM source Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1936
Date collected: 1936 - 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1940
Materials and processes: Material Wax, Material Textile, Material Corn Plant, Material Maize Plant, Process Woven, Process Moulded, Process Inlaid
Dimensions: Length 158 mm, Width 65 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1940.7.168 Other numbers: 37.118