B-12 Doll
Object Type
Doll
Object Number
JL-B-12
Artist
Unknown
Date produced
Unknown
Attribution/location
South Sotho
Dimensions (cms)
19.8 x 5.8 x 6.1
Description

Beadwork doll. Similar construction to JL-B9 and 11, but using larger beads and lacking the horizontal space-lines. It has a face and neck modelled in a dark material (beeswax?) with bead eyes and mouth and hair of clustered black beads. There is an ‘arm’ made from a of chain, with bead fingers and bead genitalia, appearing to be male. Bead colours are black, white, pink, green, turquoise blue and red. There are also two short ‘legs’ present.

Provenance
Unknown
Additional information
Keywords
beadwork, doll, hide, Sotho, wood
Classification
Doll
Digital rights
Brenthurst Library
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