plastic body and head, long black hair, dressed in Chinese costume of bright yellow dress and blue brocade coat with gold braid trim, black shoes and white tights, supported on 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:
Metal, Plastic (organic material), and Synthetic
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.