plastic body and head, light brown color, short brown hair, dressed in long cotton print dress with matching turban, rhinestone belt, brown paper sandals, supported on metal stand, "Effanbee c. 1975 1976" incised on back of doll's head.
Donor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum
Collection place:
Suriname
Verbatim coll. place:
Suriname
Collector:
Ralph Bennett
Collection date:
1979-1980
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Metal, Paper (fiber product), and Plastic (organic material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Context of use:
Collector states that doll is dressed in a "creole or mulatto" costume; dolls were used at festival times to represent "races" residing in Suriname.