doll (pastimes: toys); bedding

Baby doll dressed for cold days. The fair haired, bisque doll has closed eyes, and is dressed in a navy blue skirt and jacket, a white shirt, a white shawl with two, pale blue anchor decorations embroidered in the corners and a lace trimmed bonnet. There is a white cotton bag, or bedding, that is lace trimmed and ties across the front forming an envelope. There is a white, cotton sheet with a piece of lace running along one side. The padded quilt is made from floral fabric.

Clothes made by a Russian girl of 12 years.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1975.31
PLACE
COLLECTION
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
ceramic; cotton; metal
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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