B-5 Doll
Object Type
Doll
Object Number
JL-B-5
Artist
Unknown
Date produced
Unknown
Attribution/location
Ndebele, Transvaal
Dimensions (cms)
20.8 x 11.7 x 11.7
Description

Beadwork fertility doll. Similar to JL-B-4, with the body made of six rings covered with diagonally-wound glass seed beads on a conical core also covered in white beads. The doll wears six armlets, two bead and ‘leather’ (rexine) aprons, two necklets and a tiara-like headdress. The bead colours are white, pink, black, blue, red, green and orange.

Provenance
Unknown
Additional information
Classification
Doll
Digital rights
Brenthurst Library
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