Doll

Museum number:
2-67007a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210267007a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3032.14
Description:
Dolls, leather dolls; cut and machine stitched; applied facial detail. (a) Has incised detail, stuffed with sawdust, damaged. Length 24.5 cm. (b) Has drawn detail, stuffed with wool or cotton fiber, black fringe. May be later copy. Length 27.5 cm. Old notes say: “Incised, stuffed with sawdust, possibly commercial; other possibly handmade, both 19th Century.”
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Jane Scribner
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Object type:
(not specified)
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Production date:
19th century
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-67007a,b, described as Dolls, leather dolls; cut and machine stitched; applied facial detail. (a) Has incised detail, stuffed with sawdust, damaged. Length 24.5 cm. (b) Has drawn detail, stuffed with wool or cotton fiber, black fringe. May be later copy. Length 27.5 cm. Old notes say: “Incised, stuffed with sawdust, possibly commercial; other possibly handmade, both 19th Century.”

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