Object Number | 30-21-2 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Basuto |
Provenience | Botswana |
Section | African |
Materials | Glass | Leather | Wood | Beeswax |
Iconography | Female |
Description | Wooden cylinder, each end enlarging into a ball. Features of face and the hair are of beeswax; the body is covered completely with beads; arms and legs are strings of beads. Ornamentation of beads, buttons, cloth, and leather. Charm carried by women to promote child-bearing. Compare 31-2-206, 30-21-1. |
Height | 23.5 cm |
Length | 30 cm |
Width | 17 cm |
Depth | 6.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 6 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Edward F. Henson, 1930 |
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