Stick doll

Museum number:
5-5859
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050005859
Accession number:
Acc.2171
Description:
“stick doll” made from section of large reed with braided hemp “hair”; cut out notch near top; incised cross hatching; length 22 cm
Donor:
Warren L. d'Azevedo
Collection place:
Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Zozoa; Loma
Culture or time period:
Loma
Collector:
Warren L. d'Azevedo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stick doll, accession number 5-5859, described as “stick doll” made from section of large reed with braided hemp “hair”; cut out notch near top; incised cross hatching; length 22 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stick doll, accession number 5-5859, described as “stick doll” made from section of large reed with braided hemp “hair”; cut out notch near top; incised cross hatching; length 22 cm

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