Doll

Museum number:
5-15761
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
S-12
Accession number:
Acc.4613
Description:
Doll, cloth; figure of Black man, with moveable arms and legs; painted hands and feet, painted ceramic head, with wooly hair; clothed in checked short and cotton trousers; upturned chin and painted facial features; length circa 34.0 centimeters.
Donor:
Burton Benedict
Collection place:
Mahe Island, Seychelles Islands, Eastern Africa
Collector:
Burton Benedict
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
December 10, 1993
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-15761, described as Doll, cloth; figure of Black man, with moveable arms and legs; painted hands and feet, painted ceramic head, with wooly hair; clothed in checked short and cotton trousers; upturned chin and painted facial features; length circa 34.0 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-15761, described as Doll, cloth; figure of Black man, with moveable arms and legs; painted hands and feet, painted ceramic head, with wooly hair; clothed in checked short and cotton trousers; upturned chin and painted facial features; length circa 34.0 centimeters.

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