Doll

Museum number:
5-831
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.988
Description:
The doll’s dress imitates the clothing worn by girls during their debutante period which is the year before marriage. Often several girls own one doll together.
Donor:
University of California African Expedition
Collection place:
Namibia
Verbatim coll. place:
Kuanyama Ambo
Culture or time period:
Kuanyama Ambo
Collector:
Edwin M. Loeb, Ella-Marie Loeb, and University of California African Expedition
Collection date:
Spring 1948
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1949
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1973-1974 #41: Cantor Arts Center (Stanford Univ.) (November 27, 1973–January 16, 1974), S1979-1980 #18: American Federation of Arts (October 25, 1979–September 25, 1981), and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Doll, accession number 5-831, described as The doll’s dress imitates the clothing worn by girls during their debutante period which is the year before marriage. Often several girls own one doll together.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Doll, accession number 5-831, described as The doll’s dress imitates the clothing worn by girls during their debutante period which is the year before marriage. Often several girls own one doll together.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-831, described as The doll’s dress imitates the clothing worn by girls during their debutante period which is the year before marriage. Often several girls own one doll together.

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