doll (pastimes: toys)

The top half of a painted wooden Russian doll. This half of the doll depicts the upper body of a peasant woman. The woman wears a red headscarf and carries a bunch of flowers and also what looks like a toadstool. She is also wearing a blue and yellow outfit. This doll is part of a set of nesting dolls.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1975.20.1.1
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 96 mm x 66 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; paint
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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