Ndebele Fertility Doll

In the past, when a couple is unable to conceive a child, the woman was instructed to carry a fertility doll as surrogate child. The multiple beaded bands around the fertility dolls are made from a straw rings covered with beads and worn around the neck, legs, arms, and waist. It imitates unmarried women who used to wear beaded rings around their body's limbs. This fertility doll has ligabi apron as a young girl wears a small beaded band apron with beaded tassels.