Doll

Museum number:
5-14427
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3898
Description:
Doll. Anthropomorphic cornstalk doll with a cloth turban, dressed in a wrap-around skirt of cotton print, with an overskirt of embroidered white cotton. Painted features on face, tiny bits of cornstalk arms attached by string, beaded necklace, on wooden base. Height 28.5 centimeters.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Joseph Gregory
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Republic of Congo
Culture or time period:
Mangbetu
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-14427, described as Doll. Anthropomorphic cornstalk doll with a cloth turban, dressed in a wrap-around skirt of cotton print, with an overskirt of embroidered white cotton. Painted features on face, tiny bits of cornstalk arms attached by string, beaded necklace, on wooden base. Height 28.5 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-14427, described as Doll. Anthropomorphic cornstalk doll with a cloth turban, dressed in a wrap-around skirt of cotton print, with an overskirt of embroidered white cotton. Painted features on face, tiny bits of cornstalk arms attached by string, beaded necklace, on wooden base. Height 28.5 centimeters.

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