Doll - Pink/Blue/White/Red Beads Dress

NameDoll

CulturePondo Tribe

Datec. 1958

Place madeSouth Africa, Africa

MediumWood, Fiber, Paint, Glass Beads

Dimensions11 7/16 × 2 3/4 × 1 15/16 in. (29 × 7 × 5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A1981.28.185

Object numberA.1981.28.185

Collections

Africa.

DescriptionCarved, painted. Standing female figure with glued on long braided black hair, with beaded white and red headband, wrapped in light blue cotton trimmed with pink and blue beads. Carved facial details, necklace of blue and white, anklet of blue, pink, white beads. Round base.