Doll

Description

Doll, female with a head of clay, bead eyes, hair of cotton with metal tips, on top of a wooden handle decorated with bead necklace: Africa, North Africa, Sudan, possibly Baggara people, late 19th century

Museum reference

A.1906.485

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Doll, Figure, Toy

Production information

Unknown
Eastern Sudan, Northern Africa

Date

Late 19th century

Style / Culture

Baggara

Materials

Cotton, Glass, Wood, Clay, Metal

Physical description

Wax on a calico foundation; hair of dark cotton thread tipped with wax, strings of variegated glass beads; wooden handle

Exhibitions

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

On display

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