Small pottery figurine of a girl in initiation costume

Small pottery figurine of a girl in her initiation costume swathed in plaited grass coil and leather skirt with apron at front, Sotho, Basutholand, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655894
Materials:
pottery, grass, leather and base, plaster
type:
statues
credit:
Christol, F.