Since I’m at it, I might as well show you some of my other dolls. The lady below is from Senegal and she has some damage to one of her feet that I am cleverly obscuring with some volcanic stones that I may (or may not) have brought home from Iceland years and years ago.

Below her is a Herero lady from Botswana. The Herero women wear the most fabulous and distinctive headresses in the world (IMHO).

Below, from left to right are a Xhosa lady, from South Africa, another Senegalese lady, a Nigerian woman, a Xhosa woman and a Herero lady.

Finally, one of my Ndebele dolls, also from South Africa:

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