Doll

Museum number:
5-14462
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3898
Description:
Doll. Female, carved wood, painted and carved face, eyes of bead. Hair is greased black yarn. Dressed in leather pieces decorated with beads and plastic sequins. Red and green many strand necklaces, wire bracelets on each arm. Broken zipper is part of hair decoration. Height 35.8 centimeters.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Joseph Gregory
Collection place:
Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya; Turkana
Culture or time period:
Turkana
Collector:
Joseph Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1990-1991 #20: William Grant Still Arts Center (December 11, 1990–March 11, 1991) and S1992-1993 #16: Cole and Weber (October 12, 1992–October 13, 1992)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 5-14462, described as Doll. Female, carved wood, painted and carved face, eyes of bead. Hair is greased black yarn. Dressed in leather pieces decorated with beads and plastic sequins. Red and green many strand necklaces, wire bracelets on each arm. Broken zipper is part of hair decoration. Height 35.8 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 5-14462, described as Doll. Female, carved wood, painted and carved face, eyes of bead. Hair is greased black yarn. Dressed in leather pieces decorated with beads and plastic sequins. Red and green many strand necklaces, wire bracelets on each arm. Broken zipper is part of hair decoration. Height 35.8 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 5-14462, described as Doll. Female, carved wood, painted and carved face, eyes of bead. Hair is greased black yarn. Dressed in leather pieces decorated with beads and plastic sequins. Red and green many strand necklaces, wire bracelets on each arm. Broken zipper is part of hair decoration. Height 35.8 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 5-14462, described as Doll. Female, carved wood, painted and carved face, eyes of bead. Hair is greased black yarn. Dressed in leather pieces decorated with beads and plastic sequins. Red and green many strand necklaces, wire bracelets on each arm. Broken zipper is part of hair decoration. Height 35.8 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-14462, described as Doll. Female, carved wood, painted and carved face, eyes of bead. Hair is greased black yarn. Dressed in leather pieces decorated with beads and plastic sequins. Red and green many strand necklaces, wire bracelets on each arm. Broken zipper is part of hair decoration. Height 35.8 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-14462, described as Doll. Female, carved wood, painted and carved face, eyes of bead. Hair is greased black yarn. Dressed in leather pieces decorated with beads and plastic sequins. Red and green many strand necklaces, wire bracelets on each arm. Broken zipper is part of hair decoration. Height 35.8 centimeters.

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