doll in cradleboard; beige cloth-wrapped face with red headscarf; green/white plaid swaddling with black cotton strip wrappings; cradleboard of split peeled twigs; l. 16.7 cm.
Donor:
Scott H. Ryerson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Sonora, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Sonora, Desemboque, Seri
Collector:
Scott H. Ryerson
Collection date:
July 1975
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Context of use:
traditional doll. maker, Sara Villalobos, is ca. 75-80 yrs. old. this is only form of livelihood except for begging. dolls made from rags, etc. $2.50 retail