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Doll, (hau pilu)

Object PlaceCameroon
Medium/TechniqueWhite, red, blue, yellow, and green seed-beads, raffia probably wrapped around cotton core, cowrie shells, leather
DimensionsImage: 13.3 x 4.4 x 73.7 cm (5 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 29 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dwight B. and Anna Cooper Heath, in memory of their son, David B. Heath
Accession number2008.1508
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFigurines
ProvenanceBy 2004, Dwight B. Heath, Providence, RI; 2008, gift of Dwight B. Heath and Anna C. Heath to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 17, 2008)
Hat
Artist Unidentified
20th century, 1950–2000
20th–mid 20th century
Mask (bwoom)
Artist Unidentified
20th century
Bag
18th–19th century
Doll
Artist Unidentified
early 20th century
Doll
Artist Unidentified
late 19th–early 20th century
Doll
Artist Unidentified
mid 20th century
Doll
Artist Unidentified
20th century
Male Figure
Artist Unidentified
20th century, 1950–2000
Beaded Apron (Cache-sexe)
late 20th century
Beaded Bag
late 20th century