Doll
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Unidentified Zulu artist
Medium
Cloth, thread, glass beads
Geography
Gauteng or Transvaal, South Africa
Date
mid-late 20th century
Dimensions
16 x 5.5 cm
Object number
999.19.4
Department
Art & Culture: Global Africa
Description
Beaded doll representing a woman with flowing black hair. Dolls such as these were given to girls to model maternal behaviour and sometimes to enhance future fertility. On certain occasions, dolls such as these were also used by ritual specialists (sangoma).
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