Doll

Museum number:
8-2346
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Accession number:
Acc.98
Description:
Prehistoric Greek “doll.” Terracotta.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Delium (ancient place), Central Greece
Verbatim coll. place:
Vicinity of Delion, North of Oropos
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Terracotta (clay material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Accession date:
September 30, 1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Comment:
They are also found, and were probably made, at Boeotia. They find their way to Marathon and via Marathon to Athens.
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1961-1962 #77: Oakland Public Museum (May 16, 1962–September 4, 1962), S1974-1975 #114: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (June 10, 1975–June 11, 1975), S1982-1983 #36: Saint Mary’s College of California (1983–April 29, 1983), and S1982-1983 #3: Crocker Art Museum (October 20, 1982–March 28, 1983)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 8-2346, described as Prehistoric Greek “doll.” Terracotta.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 8-2346, described as Prehistoric Greek “doll.” Terracotta.

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