Charm, Doll - 30-21-2 | Collections

Object Number:	30-21-2
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Culture:	Basuto
Provenience:	Botswana
Section:	African
Materials:	Glass Leather Wood Beeswax
Iconography:	Female
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

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.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum (18 Sep 2011)	View Objects in Exhibition
African Sculpture from the University Museum (22 Nov 1986 - 08 Feb 1987)	View Objects in Exhibition
Evocative Images: African Sculpture from the University Museum (Traveling version of "African Sculpture from the University Museum") ( Sep 1988 - Apr 1990)	View Objects in Exhibition
African Ritual Dolls (01 Dec 1973 - 28 Feb 1974)	View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Exhibition] Curnow, Kathy. 2014. At Home In Africa: Design, Beauty and Pleasing Irregularity in Domestic Settings.. Cleveland. The Galleries at Cleveland State University. pg. 286 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p.108, fig. 6-8	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue] Wardwell, Allen. 1986. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania.. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 142-143, fig. 71	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] Kohler, William, and Rodrigues, George D. 1974. African Ritual Dolls.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 111	View Objects related to this Actual Citation