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AUSTIN DOLL COLLECTORS SOCIETY

The Austin Doll Collectors Society is an organization of antique, vintage, and modern doll collectors, dealers, and artisans. We meet on the second Sunday of each month and our meetings are fun and educational. We begin with refreshments and socializing, and, following our brief business meeting, there is a special doll-related program and "show and tell." The Austin Doll Collectors Society is a nonprofit organization and is a member of the United Federation of Doll Clubs.

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Extraordinary African Dolls


On March 8, 2015, member Sylvia McDonald set out an amazing array of African dolls for her church's Missions Banquet.
 

There are two unusual dolls from Uganda, one of barkcloth made from the natal fig tree and one made from the dried banana fibers from the stalk area of the banana tree. What looks like just a piece of wood with rings burned into it is a doll played with by Yoruba tribe children.


The colorful beaded dolls were made in the 1950's and 1960's by Zulu women at the Red Cross Rehabilitation Center in Durban, South Africa. Today's Zulu mothers make beaded dolls using old rags, wool and beads with a mealie-cob core for their children. 


Even the table cloth fit into the African theme. It is tie-dyed fabric from Uganda.

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