Doll

Museum number:
9-13043
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090013043
Accession number:
Acc.3242
Description:
A doll representing a Manipuri Dancer; shows a standing female in an elaborate cloth costume and body, with metal spangles and thread and a painted ceramic head. A masonite stand is included. Not played with by children (cf. 9-7259 - 7266 for other "dolls" by the same artisan). Height 23 cm.
Donor:
Elizabeth McCown Langstroth
Collection place:
Pune, Maharashtra State, India
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1976
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 9-13043, described as A doll representing a Manipuri Dancer; shows a standing female in an elaborate cloth costume and body, with metal spangles and thread and a painted ceramic head. A masonite stand is included. Not played with by children (cf. 9-7259 - 7266 for other "dolls" by the same artisan). Height 23 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 9-13043, described as A doll representing a Manipuri Dancer; shows a standing female in an elaborate cloth costume and body, with metal spangles and thread and a painted ceramic head. A masonite stand is included. Not played with by children (cf. 9-7259 - 7266 for other "dolls" by the same artisan). Height 23 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 9-13043, described as A doll representing a Manipuri Dancer; shows a standing female in an elaborate cloth costume and body, with metal spangles and thread and a painted ceramic head. A masonite stand is included. Not played with by children (cf. 9-7259 - 7266 for other "dolls" by the same artisan). Height 23 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 9-13043, described as A doll representing a Manipuri Dancer; shows a standing female in an elaborate cloth costume and body, with metal spangles and thread and a painted ceramic head. A masonite stand is included. Not played with by children (cf. 9-7259 - 7266 for other "dolls" by the same artisan). Height 23 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 9-13043, described as A doll representing a Manipuri Dancer; shows a standing female in an elaborate cloth costume and body, with metal spangles and thread and a painted ceramic head. A masonite stand is included. Not played with by children (cf. 9-7259 - 7266 for other "dolls" by the same artisan). Height 23 cm.

Tools