doll (pastimes: toys)

Doll with the head and limbs made of white ceramic, and textile body and clothing. The doll represents a woman, dressed in a cream dress with vertical red stripes and a pink floral pattern, with a cream apron over the top. The facial features are painted on. The doll accompanies a doll's house.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn4814.59
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 123 mm x 87 mm x 20 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
ceramic; textile; paint
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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