Doll

Museum number:
5-14406
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3898
Description:
Doll, male, Devil Dancer. Stuffed cloth face and feet, stuffed leather torso, arms, and legs. Painted eyes and "X" across the face. Sisal strands around anklets, waist, hand area, neck, and head. Height 23 centimeters.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Joseph Gregory
Collection place:
Sierra Leone
Verbatim coll. place:
Sierra Leone
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 5-14406, described as Doll, male, Devil Dancer. Stuffed cloth face and feet, stuffed leather torso, arms, and legs. Painted eyes and "X" across the face. Sisal strands around anklets, waist, hand area, neck, and head. Height 23 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-14406, described as Doll, male, Devil Dancer. Stuffed cloth face and feet, stuffed leather torso, arms, and legs. Painted eyes and "X" across the face. Sisal strands around anklets, waist, hand area, neck, and head. Height 23 centimeters.

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