Carved wooden doll, Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Africa, c. 1880-1925.
- Made:
- 1880-1925 in Bissagos Islands
Carved wooden doll highly stylized female figure, long column shaped body, hair is real, carried on the back of a girl to show she is ready for marriage, Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Africa, 1880-1925
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A655925
- Materials:
- wood and hair, human
- type:
- human remains, human hair and doll
