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View full screenDoll 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
A.1893.340
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Lesotho, Southern Africa
Late 19th century
Reed, Clay, Glass, Calabash, Leather
Bundle of reeds covered with a representation of a human head in clay, rows of beads, and a calabash at foot
Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
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