B-6 Doll
Object Type
Doll
Object Number
JL-B-6
Artist
Unknown
Date produced
Unknown
Attribution/location
Ndebele, Transvaal
Dimensions (cms)
23 x 12.6 x 12.6
Description

Beadwork fertility doll. Similar to JL-B-5, with the body made of seven bead covered rings on a cloth-covered conical core. The doll wears seven armlets, a tiara-like headdress, earrings a skin-and-bead apron and a fringed apron or purse. The arms end in ‘hands’ with white bead ‘fingers’. The bead colours are white, red, blue, orange, green and pink.

Provenance
Unknown
Additional information
Classification
Doll
Digital rights
Brenthurst Library
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