doll (pastimes: toys)

Doll wearing a skirt with multi-coloured stripes and embroidered decoration at the top and red with white and yellow embroidered decoration and gold braid trim at the bottom, an apron with pink, yellow, green and red stripes with embroidered decoration, a leaf -shaped piece of fabric hanging from around the waist, a red bodice with pink and yellow braid trim and embroidered decoration, a cream blouse with puff sleeves, a cream and red headscarf with geometric patterns and red tassels, and black shoes.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2013.102
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 216 mm x 98 mm x 57 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
cotton; wool; ceramic
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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