B-33 Doll
Object Type
Doll
Object Number
JL-B-33
Artist
Unknown
Date produced
Unknown
Attribution/location
Kenya, Samburu
Dimensions (cms)
40 x 8.7 x 7.5
Description

Beadwork doll. Wooden female doll wearing an apron with cowries and red beads, and a skirt long at the back with two shorter triangular aprons in front, which are ornamented with white, red and blue beads. There are numerous neck rings of short grass lengths spaced with red and blue seed beads with pendants of white metal at the back. There are brown and green ring-bead earrings; the reddish-brown hair looks like dishcloth cotton dyed. There are wire armlets.

Provenance
Unknown
Additional information
Classification
Doll
Digital rights
Brenthurst Library
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