Doll
- Title:
- Grace Metalious
- Object Name:
- Doll
- Object ID:
- 2012.015.03
- Place of Origin:
- China
- Date:
- 2009
- Description:
- Bobblehead doll, Grace Metalious (1924-1964), made in China in 2009. One of 500 made for NHHS Museum Store. Painted polyester resin. Figure of woman seated on black chair, elbows on knees, hands clasped under chin, and feet on shelf of small brown table. She wears red plaid shirt, blue jeans with cuffs rolled up, and blue tennis shoes. Brown hair tied in ponytail with white band. Gray typewriter on table. On typewriter is removable piece of paper on which is printed, "Indian summer / is like a woman." On right side of typewriter is a brown ashtray with a cigarette. Rectangular base, painted black. Raised white lettering on one side of base: "GRACE METALIOUS"; and on other side of base: "PANDORA IN BLUE JEANS". Printed paper label on underside of base, with information about Metalious.
- Material:
- Plastic
- Dimensions:
- H-7 W-4.9 D-2.4 inches
- Provenance:
- One of 500 made for NHHS Museum Store.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Metalious, Grace (1924-1964)
- Subjects:
- Novels, Authors, Writers, Typewriters
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