Doll
75-9-1
From: Kenya | Lake Rudolph | Lake Turkana
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 75-9-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Kenya | Lake Rudolph | Lake Turkana |
Date Made | 20th century |
Section | African |
Materials | Glass | Leather | Wood |
Description | Arms extended at sides. Legs separated. Fiber hair with blue and whie beaded strand in hair. Large necklace red, white and blue beads with leather straps between one yellow bead (right posterior). 2 dangling breast plates white beads (background) with red beads in center. Rawhide strap around shoulders and under arms extending 11.5" long at each side. 3 cowrie shells at end of rawhide strap (also 4 small flat disc type beads at end). Skirt (front) leather apron with border of 2 rows white beads. Back half of skirt of rows of red, white, and blue beads, but mainly white. |
Length | 33.02 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Ernst Anspach, 1975 |
Other Number | L-754-8 - Old Loan Number | 1224 - Other Number | EX-1973-3:100 - Other Number |
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