Doll

Museum number:
5-14385
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014385
Accession number:
Acc.3898
Description:
Doll. Female, soft vinyl, white skin, auburn hair, braided in back. Fixed blue eyes. Dressed in blue satin trousers, blue and gold over tunic, navy underskirt. Yellow taffeta head dress with jeweled pin. Earrings around ear; nose plug. Height 30.5 centimeters. Costume made in Zanzibar, but where the doll was made is unknown.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Joseph Gregory
Collection place:
Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania
Collector:
Joseph Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-14385, described as Doll. Female, soft vinyl, white skin, auburn hair, braided in back. Fixed blue eyes. Dressed in blue satin trousers, blue and gold over tunic, navy underskirt. Yellow taffeta head dress with jeweled pin. Earrings around ear; nose plug. Height 30.5 centimeters. Costume made in Zanzibar, but where the doll was made is unknown.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-14385, described as Doll. Female, soft vinyl, white skin, auburn hair, braided in back. Fixed blue eyes. Dressed in blue satin trousers, blue and gold over tunic, navy underskirt. Yellow taffeta head dress with jeweled pin. Earrings around ear; nose plug. Height 30.5 centimeters. Costume made in Zanzibar, but where the doll was made is unknown.

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