Doll made of corncob and blue-grey clay with a piece of cream material covering its front and strips of material over the clay.

Collection type: Object
Description: Doll made of corncob and blue-grey clay with a piece of cream material covering its front and strips of material over the clay.
Long description: Doll made of corncob and blue-grey clay with a piece of cream material covering its front and strips of material over the clay. At the top of the corncob a large piece of clay has been moulded on top of the corncob and down the back of the figure. This has been secured using strips of material. On the front side of the doll, about a quarter of the way down the corncob's length a pair of ?arms have been moulded from clay and fixed into place using strips of material. Tied around the bottom of the corncob is a piece of material which covers most of the doll's front below the arms. At the bottom of the corncob a further piece of clay has been tied into place using strips of material. Attached to the doll's back is a further piece of material, this is of a more ochre cream colour.
Geographical reference: Angola
Africa > Central Africa > Angola
Cultural groups: Mwila
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 Clay, Material Corn Plant, Material Maize Plant, Process Woven, Process Moulded, Process Impressed
Dimensions: Width 36 mm, Length 132 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1940.7.237 Other numbers: 37.287

Search terms: Figure, Toy and Game, Doll Figure, Toy

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