Doll

Museum number:
5-14471
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3898
Description:
Doll. Female, stuffed cotton doll with brown stocking net face, painted and molded features. Legs are made of rolled and folded green handkerchiefs. Wearing a cotton embroidered and patch "gondoura" (dress). Has black yarn hair and a cross tattoo on the forehead. Height 25.1 centimeters.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Joseph Gregory
Collection place:
Eritrea
Collector:
Joseph Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
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)
Loans:
S1990-1991 #20: William Grant Still Arts Center (December 11, 1990–March 11, 1991)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-14471, described as Doll. Female, stuffed cotton doll with brown stocking net face, painted and molded features. Legs are made of rolled and folded green handkerchiefs. Wearing a cotton embroidered and patch "gondoura" (dress). Has black yarn hair and a cross tattoo on the forehead. Height 25.1 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-14471, described as Doll. Female, stuffed cotton doll with brown stocking net face, painted and molded features. Legs are made of rolled and folded green handkerchiefs. Wearing a cotton embroidered and patch "gondoura" (dress). Has black yarn hair and a cross tattoo on the forehead. Height 25.1 centimeters.

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