Object Number | 2013-10-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Herero |
Provenience | Botswana | Maun |
Date Made | -1986 |
Section | African |
Materials | Cotton | Velvet |
Description | Fabric doll representing a Herero woman. Doll is wearing a dress with bold strips (red, yellow, white and mutli-color African print) and a teal crushed velvet cape. The legs are wrapping in yellow fabric. The headwrap is brown and yellow. Red fabric is used as the skin tone and black yarn is used to create facial details and hair. |
Height | 47 cm |
Width | 36 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Stephen R. Mishkin and Paula J. Schweich, 2013 |
Other Number | TC-2013-6-1 - Old Loan Number |
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