Doll

Museum number:
16-18269
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4227
Description:
plastic body and head, blonde hair in two braids tied with rubber bands and red cotton braid, dressed in Dutch costume of light blue cotton dress with white sleeves and white apron trimmed with red braid, wearing a white felt hat, white cotton undergarments and tights, wooden shoes, supported on a metal stand, "Effanbee c. 1975 1976" incised on back of doll's head.
Donor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum
Collection place:
Suriname
Verbatim coll. place:
Suriname
Collector:
Ralph Bennett
Collection date:
1979-1980
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Metal, Plastic (organic material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Context of use:
Collector states that dolls were used at festival times to represent "races" residing in Suriname.
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
height 29 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Doll, accession number 16-18269, described as plastic body and head, blonde hair in two braids tied with rubber bands and red cotton braid, dressed in Dutch costume of light blue cotton dress with white sleeves and white apron trimmed with red braid, wearing a white felt hat, white cotton undergarments and tights, wooden shoes, supported on a metal stand, "Effanbee c. 1975 1976" incised on back of doll's head.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Doll, accession number 16-18269, described as plastic body and head, blonde hair in two braids tied with rubber bands and red cotton braid, dressed in Dutch costume of light blue cotton dress with white sleeves and white apron trimmed with red braid, wearing a white felt hat, white cotton undergarments and tights, wooden shoes, supported on a metal stand, "Effanbee c. 1975 1976" incised on back of doll's head.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 16-18269, described as plastic body and head, blonde hair in two braids tied with rubber bands and red cotton braid, dressed in Dutch costume of light blue cotton dress with white sleeves and white apron trimmed with red braid, wearing a white felt hat, white cotton undergarments and tights, wooden shoes, supported on a metal stand, "Effanbee c. 1975 1976" incised on back of doll's head.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 16-18269, described as plastic body and head, blonde hair in two braids tied with rubber bands and red cotton braid, dressed in Dutch costume of light blue cotton dress with white sleeves and white apron trimmed with red braid, wearing a white felt hat, white cotton undergarments and tights, wooden shoes, supported on a metal stand, "Effanbee c. 1975 1976" incised on back of doll's head.

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