Doll; standing Mullah doll; cloth rag doll dressed in black gown and slippers; hair beard and mustache, embroidered features; head cloth; glass beads pendant from right hand; h. 28 cm. Cloth, hair, glass "seed" beads. Iran, Teheran (made by Miss Gertrude Nurllah and her students at the Iran Bethel School for Girls).
Donor:
Joseph P. Cochran
Collection place:
Tehran Province, Northwest Iran
Culture or time period:
Iranian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children