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Object Number 2008.10.4
Display Title Doll, woman with basket on head and plant fiber bundle, affixed to stand
Descriptions
Object Description Doll, woman with basket on head and plant fiber bundle in arms. Body of vegetal fiber-wrapped wire; cloth face with embroidered features; woven textile checked skirt in black, green and white; pink yarn sash; brown shirt with white brocade; faded pink and blue basket with cloth inside, stitched to head, over blue and pink twisted yarns; head covering missing; feet nailed to wooden stand
Inventory Description Doll, standing woman, basket on head, holding platn fiber bundle
Classification
  • Toy
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 1957-1963
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 6.2 x 4 cm (7 1/16 x 2 7/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2008.10.4
Credit Line Gift of Camilla M. Smith
Provenance
Collector Augustus Ledyard Smith (ca. 1957-1963 - ca. 1957-1963)
Donor Camilla M. Smith (ca. 1957-1963 - 6/30/08)

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