ALGERIA - hand made dollAlgeria is bordered by six different countries - Morocco, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Libya and Tunisia - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Algeria
Year: C.1980
Type: Regional costume
Material: Leather
Id: Africa - Algeria - 003
ALGERIA - hand made dollAlgeria is bordered by six different countries - Morocco, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Libya and Tunisia - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Algeria
Year: C.1980
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Algeria - 002
ALGERIA - pair of hand made dollsCloth bodies with clay head, hands and feet. Painted features. The woman doll has kohl markings on - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Algeria
Year: circa 1965
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Algeria - 001
ANGOLA - Chokwe Tribe dollAngola is situated on the south west coast of Africa. It is bordered by Congo (Zaire) to the north - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Angola
Year: 2004
Type: Tribal
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Angola - 001
BOTSWANA - Tribal dollBotswana is a landlocked country in Southern Africa which is bordered by Namibia to the west and nor - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Botswana
Year: C.1960
Type: Tribal
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Botswana - 002
BOTSWANA - mother and daughterBotswana is a landlocked country in Southern Africa which is bordered by Namibia to the west and nor - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Botswana
Year: C.1975
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Botswana - 001
BURKINA FASOBurkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. It was formerly called Upper Volta until it be - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Burkina Faso
Year: 2004
Type: Tribal
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Burkina Faso - 001
CAMEROON - Bamileke ethnic dollThe Bamileke live in the grasslands of West Cameroon. The art of the Bamileke is dedicated to the v - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Cameroon
Year: C.1965
Type: Fertility
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Cameroon - 005, 005A and 005B
CAMEROON - Namji/Namchi fertility dollThe Namji/Namchi people live in north west Cameroon. Cameroon is famous for these fertility dolls. - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Cameroon
Year: 1990
Type: Fertility
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Cameroon - 004 and 004A
CAMEROON - female dollCameroon shares geographical borders with Nigeria to the north west,Chad to the north east, Central - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Cameroon
Year: 2004
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Cameroon - 001
CAMEROON - male dollHand made male doll made of cloth, with embroidered features. He is holding a musical instrument ma - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Cameroon
Year: 2004
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Cameroon - 002
CAMEROON - pair of hand made dollsCloth over wire armature and covered with brown silky fabric. Embroidered features. The male dol - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Cameroon
Year: C.2005
Type: Traditional costume
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Cameroon - 003 and 003A
CONGO - lady with babyCongo is bordered by Cameroon to the north west, Central African Republic to the north east, Zaire t - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Congo
Year: 1994
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Congo - 001
EGYPT - " Hotel Luxor"I have made all the dolls in my dioramas with cloth bodies over pipeleaners with clay heads, hands a - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Egypt
Year: 2002
Type: Character
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: (Dioramas) Africa - Egypt - 001
EGYPT - lady with basket of cottonHand made cloth doll with painted features. She is carrying a basket of cotton on her head. 9" hig - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Egypt
Year: 1973
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Egypt - 004
EGYPT - pair of wooden dollsEgypt is home to the world famous pyramids and is bordered by Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Egypt
Year: 1975
Type: Local dress
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Egypt - 001
EGYPT - pair of hand made dollsPair of hand made cloth dolls with painted features. The man is wearing the traditional white fring - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Egypt
Year: 1996
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Egypt - 002
EGYPT - hand made dollEgypt is situated on the north coast of Africa and is the home of the great pyramids. It is bordere - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Egypt
Year: C.1995
Type: Traditional costume
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Egypt - 005
EGYPT - hand made dollA delightful little hand made doll. Cloth body with embroidered features. I purchased the doll off - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Egypt
Year: 1996
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Egypt - 003
ETHIOPIA - man playing the kraarHand made male doll with stiffened flattened leather arms, looped wire legs and papier-mache head wi - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Ethiopia
Year: 2009
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Ethiopia - 005
ETHIOPIA - Lady in mourning clothesHandmade female doll. Cloth body, jointed at the hips, and papier-mache head with painted features. - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Ethiopia
Year: 2009
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Ethiopia - 002
ETHIOPIA - Man playing the masinqoEthiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Somalia (and the tiny country of Djibouti) to the east - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Ethiopia
Year: C.1955
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Ethiopia - 001
ETHIOPIA - warriorHand made Warrior doll. Cloth body with papier-mache head and painted features. Applied fabric bea - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Ethiopia
Year: 2009
Type: Warrior
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Ethiopia - 003
ETHIOPIA - lady from the Shoa Tigre regionFemale cloth doll from the Shoa-Tigre region. Clay head and painted features. She has a coptic cro - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Ethiopia
Year: C.1955
Type: Religious
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Ethiopia - 004
GAMBIA - (West Africa)Gambia is surrounded on three sides by Senegal, with the Atlantic Ocean being on the other side. It - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Gambia
Year: 2011
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Gambia - 003
GHANA - fertility dollHand carved fertility doll /figure made of black hard wood. It is a fertility doll from southern Gh - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Ghana
Year: 2011
Type: Fertility
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Ghana - 006
GHANA - (man playing the kora)Hand carved doll with wooden body and painted features. His wired arms are covered with silky fabri - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Ghana
Year: C.1975
Type: Musician
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Ghana - 008
GHANA - West AfricaCloth body with plastic legs and clay head. She has a tiny baby on her back. She was bought in the - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Ghana
Year: C.1980
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Ghana - 004 and 004A
GHANA - male and female dollsMale and female doll from Ghana. Both dolls have wooden bodies with carved facial features and clot - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Ghana
Year: C.1980
Type: Local dress
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Ghana - 009
GHANA - hand made dollHand made cloth doll with embroidered features. 11.5" high. Ghana. C.1980 Makers marks: None.. - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Ghana
Year: C.1980
Type: Traditional costume
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Ghana - 005
GHANA - woman selling clothCloth seller. Hand made cloth doll with clay head and wooden legs. She is holding a baby on her ba - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Ghana
Year: 2004
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Ghana - 003
GHANA - two hand made dollsGhana was formerly known as the Gold Coast. It is bordered by The Ivory Coast to the west, Burkina - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Ghana
Year: C.1980 and 2000
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Ghana - 001 and 001A
GHANA - fertility dollFertility doll made of papier-mache. Cone shaped and stuffed with newspaper inside. Long string ha - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Ghana
Year: 1989
Type: Fertility
Material: Papier-mache
Id: Africa - Ghana - 002
GUINEA - Fulani TribeGuinea is situated on the west coast of Africa and is bordered by several countries, these being Bis - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Guinea
Year: C.1965
Type: Tribal
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Guinea - 001
IVORY COASTBoth dolls have soft brown leather bodies and painted features. The male doll is carrying a large d - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Ivory Coast
Year: C.1970
Type: Local dress
Material: Leather
Id: Africa - Ivory Coast - 002
IVORY COAST - Yakuba TribeDoll of the Yakuba Tribe. Made with wood, and wire arms covered with black fabric. She is wearing - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Ivory Coast
Year: C.1990
Type: Tribal
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Ivory Coast - 003 and 003A
IVORY COASTIvory Coast, West Africa, is bordered by Liberia and Guinea to the west, Mali and Burkina Faso to th - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Ivory Coast
Year: C.1970
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Ivory Coast - 001
KENYA - Samburu tribal dolls The Samburu are a semi-nomadic tribe living just above the equator in Kenya. The Samburu men look a - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Kenya
Year: C.1980
Type: Tribal
Material: Clay
Id: Africa - Kenya - 0012, 0012A and 0012B
KENYA - pair of Masai Tribal dollsPair of Masai tribal dolls. The Masai is one of the most well known tribes in Africa. They are to - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Kenya
Year: C.1990
Type: Tribal
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Kenya - 0013 and 0013A
KENYA - Woman of the Turkana TribeTurkana Tribal doll. The Turkana Tribe is Nilotic speaking and is third largest tribe in Kenya. Sh - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Kenya
Year: 2005
Type: Tribal
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Kenya - 006
KENYA - Fertility dollHand carved wooden fertility doll. Leather loin cloth with beads and cowrie shell decoration. She - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Kenya
Year: C.1960
Type: Fertility
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Kenya - 0010
KENYA - Circumcision dollAn unusual Tiriki circumcision doll. The Tiriki are part of the Luhya group of western Kenya. This - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Kenya
Year: C.1980
Type: Circumcision
Material: Banana leaves
Id: Africa - Kenya - 009
KENYA - Furaha Christian Council dollThis little doll has a sisal plaited body and a wooden head with painted features. Wearing cotton c - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Kenya
Year: C.1980
Type: Local dress
Material: Fibre
Id: Africa - Kenya - 003
KENYA - mother and childrenA bent over woman with a baby on her back, and a child carying a bundle of sticks on a rope. It is - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Kenya
Year: C.1980
Type: Other
Material: Other
Id: Africa - Kenya - 002
KENYA - Masai Tribal dollsA family of three Masai Tribal dolls. The Masai Tribe is one of the most well known Tribes in Afri - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Kenya
Year: C.1980
Type: Tribal
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Kenya - 0011
KENYA - Kikuyu TribeA woman of the Kikuyu Tribe to be found in Kenya, and also in Tanzania. Cloth over wire armature wi - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Kenya
Year: C.1980
Type: Tribal
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Kenya - 007
KENYA - hand made dollKenya is situated on the equator and is bordered by Tanzania to the south, Uganda and Sudan to the w - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Kenya
Year: C.1990
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Kenya - 001
KENYA - Masai TribeHand carved man of the Maasai Tribe. This is one of the most well known Tribes of Africa. They are - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Kenya
Year: 1978
Type: Tribal
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Kenya - 008
LESOTHO - Tribal dollLesotho is a tiny kingdom surrounded completely by South Africa. Itwas formerly known as Basutoland - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Lesotho
Year: C.1985
Type: Traditional costume
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Lesotho - 001
MADAGASCAR - family of three hand made dollsMadagascar is a large island off the south east coast of Africa in the Indian ocean. It became a Fr - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Madagascar
Year: 2011
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Madagascar - 003
MADAGASCAR - Warrior Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world and lies off the south east coast of Africa. I - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Madagascar
Year: C.1975
Type: Warrior
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Madagascar - 001
MADAGASCARHand made cloth doll from the Island of Madagascar, just off the south east coast of Africa, in the - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Madagascar
Year: 2005
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Madagascar - 002
MALAWI - musiciansI am not 100% certain if these dolls are actually from Malawi. I am basing it on the tall swirly he - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Malawi
Year: 1980
Type: Musician
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Malawi - 002
MALAWI - WarriorMalawi is situated in south west Africa and is bordered byTanzania to the northeast, Mozambique to t - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Malawi
Year: C.1975
Type: Warrior
Material: Plastic
Id: Africa - Malawi - 001
MAURITIUS - lady stirring grainMauritius is an island off the south east coast of Africa, in the Indian Ocean. This doll does n - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Mauritius
Year: C.1970
Type: Local dress
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Mauritius - 002
MOROCCO - man with snakeLeather body. Painted smiling features showing a row of teeth, which are also made of leather. Joi - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Morocco
Year: C.1955
Type: Local dress
Material: Leather
Id: Africa - Morocco - 0014
MOROCCO - elderly manLeather body with painted features. Applied furry beard and moustache. Jointed at the shoulders. - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Morocco
Year: C.1955
Type: Local dress
Material: Leather
Id: Africa - Morocco - 0015
MOROCCO - "Samir Rachid - Moroccan Carpet Seller"I have made this market stall myself and covered it with plain beige cotton fabric. I have trimmed - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Morocco
Year: 2001
Type: Character
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: (Dioramas) Africa - Morocco - 001 and 001A
MOROCCO - carpet sellerHard plastic doll with moveable arms and painted features. He is wearing a white djellaba and trous - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Morocco
Year: 1966
Type: Street vendor
Material: Plastic
Id: Africa - Morocco - 008
MOROCCO - pair of dollsA pair of dolls made of leather with painted features. The lady is on the mule and the man is on th - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Morocco
Year: 1980
Type: Local dress
Material: Leather
Id: Africa - Morocco - 004
MOROCCO - Melon sellerMelon seller from Tangier, Northern Morocco. Made of leather with painted features. 11" high. Mor - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Morocco
Year: 1985
Type: Traditional costume
Material: Leather
Id: Africa - Morocco - 006
MOROCCO - chicken sellerMorocco is on the north coast of Africa and is seperated from the south coast of Spain by approximat - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Morocco
Year: C.1955
Type: Street vendor
Material: Leather
Id: Africa - Morocco - 001
MOROCCO - water sellerAn older water seller doll made of soft leather with painted features. He is carrying a leather wat - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Morocco
Year: C.1958
Type: Street vendor
Material: Leather
Id: Africa - Morocco - 0012
MOROCCO - water sellersThese two dolls are both water sellers. The doll on the left has a cloth over wire armature body wi - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Morocco
Year: C.1960's
Type: Street vendor
Material: Other
Id: Africa - Morocco - 002
MOROCCO - mother and baby.Mother and baby from the Atlas Mountains. Made of soft leather with painted features. The mother i - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Morocco
Year: C.1965
Type: Traditional costume
Material: Leather
Id: Africa - Morocco - 0013
MOROCCO - Berber ladyA Berber lady from Ouarzazat in the Atlas Mountains. Hard plastic with moveable arms and legs and p - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Morocco
Year: C.1970
Type: Traditional costume
Material: Plastic
Id: Africa - Morocco - 0011
MOROCCO - street selllersTwo street sellers and a "potential customer" holding a baby! All three dolls are made of leather w - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Morocco
Year: C.1975
Type: Street vendor
Material: Leather
Id: Africa - Morocco - 003
MOROCCO - CasablancaVinyl doll with painted features and moveable arms and legs. Colourful geometrically striped djella - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Morocco
Year: C.1985
Type: Traditional costume
Material: Vinyl
Id: Africa - Morocco - 0010
MOROCCO - Berber womanA Berber woman from the Sahaha Desert. She is made of vinyl and is jointed at the hips and shoulder - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Morocco
Year: C.1990
Type: Traditional costume
Material: Vinyl
Id: Africa - Morocco - 005
MOROCCO - pre-world war two dollA pre-world war two male doll. Hand made with leather and filled with straw. Painted features. He - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Morocco
Year: C.1938
Type: Traditional costume
Material: Leather
Id: Africa - Morocco - 007
NAMIBIA - Herero womanNamibia is situated in the southwest of Africa. It borders with Angola to the north, Botswana to t - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Nambia
Year: 2005
Type: Traditional costume
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Namibia - 001
NIGERIA - (Ibibio Tribe)The Ibibio people are found mostly in the Akwa Ibom State, which is on the southeastern coast of Ni - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Nigeria
Year: C.1965
Type: Tribal
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Nigeria - 008
NIGERIA - (Ibibio Tribe)Two doll/figures of the Ibibio Tribe, which are found mostly in the Akwa Ibom State in southeastern - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Nigeria
Year: C.2000
Type: Tribal
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Nigeria - 009
NIGERIA - pair of hand made dollsMale and female pair of hand made, well made cloth dolls with painted features and wool hair. The - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Nigeria
Year: 2009
Type: Traditional costume
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Nigeria - 007 and 007A
NIGERIA - carved wooden figuresAn interesting set of two hand carved figures. They are hand carved out of light weight un-polished - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Nigeria
Year: C.1970's
Type: Wood Carving
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Nigeria - 002
NIGERIA - Group of threeHand carved figures. Smooth polished wood. 2.5", 3" and 3.5" high. Nigeria. C.1990. Makers ma - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Nigeria
Year: C.1990
Type: Wood Carving
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Nigeria - 003
NIGERIA - Three WisemenGroup of three Wisemen from the Nativity, bearing gifts of gold, myrrh and frankinsence. Hand carve - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Nigeria
Year: C.1990
Type: Wood Carving
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Nigeria - 004
NIGERIA - Group of two figuresTwo hand carved figures. Smooth polished wood. Both figures are 3" high. Nigeria. C.1990. Mak - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Nigeria
Year: C.1990
Type: Wood Carving
Material: Wood
Id: Africa - Nigeria - 005
SENEGAL - mother and daughterPair of hand made mother and daughter dolls. Cloth over wire armature bodies with embroidered featu - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Senegal
Year: C.1980
Type: Traditional costume
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Senegal - 003, 003A and 003B
SENEGAL- hand made male dollSenegal is situated in West Africa. It is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east and - More...
Continent: Africa
Country: Senegal
Year: 2004
Type: Local dress
Material: Rag and cloth
Id: Africa - Senegal - 002