Doll
- Object Name:
- Doll
- Object ID:
- 1954.029a.02
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Nut-head doll. Medium-weight, white slip with 0.5" hem that gathers at waist and wraps around wound, textile roll. Black, silk-like dress with woven pattern of straight, parallel lines. Gathers at waist, held by some threads. Sleeves on wrapped, cloth arms. Arms~1.5" long. Gauze-like bonnet wrapped around nut head, secured with a thread which also holds a single, blue glass bead under chin. Nut head. Some black drawn hair visible under bonnet. Smiling, black mouth, black eyes, eyebrows, and some black hair on forehead. Two cracks in nose.
- Material:
- Textile
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-6.1 W-4.2 D-0.9 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Shirlie R. Whitney
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