Doll

Description

Doll figure with a calabash base supporting a bundle of reeds topped with a clay head, coloured glass beads for eyes and hair and wrapped around the body, leather strips for arms with bead fingers: Africa, South Africa, Lesotho, late 19th century

Museum reference

A.1893.340

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Doll, Figure, Toy

Production information

Unknown
Lesotho, Southern Africa

Date

Late 19th century

Materials

Reed, Clay, Glass, Calabash, Leather

Physical description

Bundle of reeds covered with a representation of a human head in clay, rows of beads, and a calabash at foot

Exhibitions

• Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
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world cultures, patterns of life