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Cylindrical form wrapped with glass and plastic bead strands (red, white, green, pink, dark blue), red wool or other fiber strands covering top, with a white interlaced beadwork disk in center, attached to strands of white, pink and blue, ands braided or white glass beads on each side.
Doll (nguana modula)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Doll (nguana modula)

Maker Southern Sotho Artist or
Maker Zulu Artist
Date20th century
Place of originSouth Africa, Africa
Place of originLesotho, Africa
MediumWood, plant fibers, hair, glass and plastic beads, fiber (possibly wool)
Dimensions11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of William D. and Norma Canelas Roth
Object number2008.52.7
Collections
Visual DescriptionCylindrical form wrapped with glass and plastic bead strands (red, white, green, pink, dark blue), red wool or other fiber strands covering top, with a white interlaced beadwork disk in center, attached to strands of white, pink and blue, ands braided or white glass beads on each side.
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Ambo Artist, Mwila group
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Doll
Ambo Artist, Mwila group
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Doll
Ambo Artist, Mwila group
20th century
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Doll
Ambo Artist, Mwila group
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Doll
Ambo Artist, Mwila, Ndemba group
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Doll
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Cylindrical wooden core wrapped with fiber; long braided strands of fiber and glass or plastic bead strands yellow, red, blue and green beads) on top, nearly covering the wood core. Cloth skirt on base.
Doll
Ambo Artist, Mwila, Ndemba group
20th century
Conical form wrapped with glass beads and bead covered rings (white, pink, yellow, turquoise, red, blue); face is pink with white beads for eyes and mouth. Head is crowned by white bead rest; long braided bead loop with beaded loop from neck to base, and apron with fringe of white, black and red and green beads on waist.
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Ndebele Artist
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Cylindrical core wrapped with strands of beads in registers of red, white and green; top is covered with white, red, blue, yellow and green beads, clumps of beaded strands on either side of top with same colors. Panels of beads encircle base, and rest on a thick ruffled white cloth skirt. Two brown buttons attached to one side, slightly askew.
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Wood cylinder with red, green, and black beaded strands on body; terminating in large lighter color cylindrical beads on leather strips; tiny orange-red beads on neck; braided hair strands with beads as hair.
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Fali Artist
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Female doll
Chancay Artist
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