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Doll with long hair
Object Number 56-57-50/9875
Display Title Doll with long hair
Descriptions
Object Description Doll - carried by girl of an age to marry bound to her back as she would carry infant
Inventory Description Toy, doll, wrapped with glass beads, button eyes, twisted fiber hair, wood core
Classification
  • Toy
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ovahinga
  • Ambo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Africa / Namibia
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, Southwest: Angola; Namibia, northern
Materials Wood armature Glass Shell Metal Leather Cotton fabric Plant fiber cordage
Dimensions Overall: 31.5 x 20 x 9.5 cm (12 3/8 x 7 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 56-57-50/9875
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Southwest Africa Expedition (1951)
Collector Laurence K. Marshall (1951)
Collector Lorna Marshall (1951)

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