Object Listing

Cylindrical piece of wood to which a mop of string hair has been attached. The hair is decorated with beads buttons and strings of beads. Around its length are rings made from telephone wire and a wrap of fabric. It has a woven circular base. This doll has palm fibber hair without the usual black fatty substance which both Zemba & Hakawona put on their dolls. It is made from light coloured wood.

Cylindrical columns of wood with a groove carved out to form the neck. It has braided strings of hair with some red wool braided in. Around her neck is a strand of glass and metal beads. Around the lower end is a wrap of patterned fabric. Old well worn, simple form wooden doll.

Corn cob with a bunch of string strands as hair that have hairy tassels at their ends. It is wrapped around with strings of metal and glass beads as well as a wrap of fabric Solid heavy corn cob doll, with lots of metal beads.

Figure made of palm fruit with two spheres. It has a raise section on its head from which three short strings of beads hang and also two plaits of hair?. This is the hairstyle worn by a young girl. It has bead strings around its neck, a cloth wrap and a panel of hide with fur down its front. Like the Ovambo, Himba also call these Okana Kondunka.

Cylindrical piece of wood to which a mop of string hair has been attached. The hair is decorated with strings of beads. Around its length it has two plant fibre rings and a wrap of fabric. It has a woven circular base. A heavy doll with well fatted palm fibber hair. A neat old doll with a nice finish.

Headrest with a curved crossbar and a conical raised base. The support has cut-out abstract geometric designs. It has a piece of fabric attached. Very old & worn with old worn break on top.

Headrest with a curved crossbar and a conical raised base. The support has cut-out linear designs .A long headrest with big round base, quite old & used. Collected 2007, Angola

Two circular bands of plastic that are joined together by stitching. They are decorated with geometric patterns engraved and darkened. Strings of metal and wood? beads hang from the band. Worn by pre pubescent girls.

Belt constructed of strings of beads woven together to form a panel. The two ends are joined together by laced bead strings. It has a string of yellow beads that threads it way through the weave. Worn by Zemba women. See pictures attached.

Belt constructed of strings of beads woven together to form a panel. It has a string of yellow beads that threads it way through the weave, safety pins including two in a X design in front, cowrie shells and plastic and metal buttons attached.

Cylindrical figure sheathed with wrapped cord and with mass of hair on top of head. She has a panel of woven grass strips running front to back over her head that is decorated with beads and has strings of blue wool hanging down the back. There is another panel covered in hair? that sticks out on either side of the face. The face has eyes and nose and a mouth created with white beads and is framed with strings of yellow beads. There is a small metal objects attached in front with loops of yellow beads. Strings of orange beads hang down the sides of her head. Around the base is a wrap of patterned fabric.

Metal tin with its sides covered in a wrapped bead string. It has a mop of wool hair with a round coil of hair on top with a brass button in the middle. It has a handle constructed from a tube of wrapped textile with strings beaded on one side and bound around it. It also wears two bands of beads and brass buttons - one at the front and one at the back

Spherical finial with shallow hemispherical concave indentations in its top surface.

Spherical finial with shallow hemispherical concave indentations in its top surface.

Spherical finial with shallow hemispherical concave indentations in its top surface.

Spherical finial with shallow hemispherical concave indentations in its top surface.

Spherical finial with shallow hemispherical concave indentations in its top surface.

Spherical finial with shallow hemispherical concave indentations in its top surface.

Finial with 3 circular pleats - the central pleat is larger than the two sides pleats. The circular vertical side panels have a grooved circle carved into them

Finial with 3 circular pleats - the central pleat is larger than the two sides pleats. The circular vertical side panels have a grooved circle carved into them

Long rectangular shaft with a rounded handle flaring slightly at the base. The shaft has carved geometric designs covering its surface.

Long rectangular shaft with the handle flaring slightly at the base. The shaft has carved geometric designs.

Staff with a flat spatula-like finial

Club with very large spherical finial.

Club with very large spherical finial.

Club with spherical finial.

Club with spherical finial.