Dolls
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| Dolls: Xhosa |
Xhosa fertility doll made out of a maize cob, padded and dressed in cloth. This is a child's doll |
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| Wooden Doll |
Small wooden carved doll. |
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| 'Nopopi' |
Nopopi, plastic modern doll with a beaded skirts and accessories, for little girls. |
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| Fertility Doll |
Beaded fertility doll with animal skin skirt. |
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| 'Umkhwetha' |
Umkhwetha doll from AmaXhosa tribe, symbolising becoming a man ritual. |
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| Protection Doll |
Beaded protection doll worn by both sexes. |
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| Mpondo Doll |
Dumbell shaped like Mpondo doll with grass as hair and beads to make a female figure. |
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| Mpondo Doll |
Dumbell shaped like Mpondo doll. |
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| Shangaan Doll |
Beaded Shangaan fertility doll. |
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| Naskau |
Two beaded fertility dolls, called Naskau from Tswana. |
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| Fertility Dolls |
Two fertility dolls:Mother and daughter. |
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| Fertility Doll |
Dumb- bell shaped beaded doll. made of thatched grass bound with gourd as head and base. |
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| Bantu Fair: Dr. Killie Campbell |
Photograph of Dr. Killie Campbell at the Bantu fair with Mrs. D. Strutt and Miss Mignon Herring holding the Mpondo dolls. |
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| Mpondo Dolls |
Cone shaped beaded doll. |
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| Mpondo Dolls |
Cone shaped beaded dolls. |
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| Mpondo Dolls |
Dumb- bell shaped doll, made of thatching grass bound with gourds as head and base. Beaded skirt and a pony tail are added to make a femalle figure. |
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| Mpondo Dolls |
Dumb-bell shaped doll, made of thatching grass bound with gourds as head and base. Beads are used to accessorise the doll as a female figure. |
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| Mpondo Dolls |
Microphone shaped doll made of thatching grass bound with gourd as a head. |
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| Mpondo Dolls |
Dumb-bell shaped doll, made out of thatching grass. bound together with big and small gourd as a head and base. |
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| Mpondo Doll |
Micro-phone shaped doll, made out of thatching grass bound on a big gourd as a head. Beads and cotton are used to shape the doll into a man figure. |