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Doll; body and clothing of masi bark cloth; hair of coconut fiber; painted face
Doll; body and clothing of masi bark cloth; hair of coconut fiber; painted face
Object Number 2013.8.8
Display Title Doll; body and clothing of masi bark cloth; hair of coconut fiber; painted face
Descriptions
Inventory Description Doll, bark cloth, brown and white patterned skirt, coconut fiber hair, painted face
Classification
  • Doll
Department Ethnographic
Date 1994 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Coconut fiber Mulberry bark Mangrove bark pigment Soot
Dimensions Overall: 27 × 14 × 5.1 cm (10 5/8 × 5 1/2 × 2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.8.8
Credit Line Gift of Judith Lopez Billings, Ph.D
Provenance
Collector Judith Lopez Billings (1994)
Donor Donated by Judith Lopez Billings (2013)

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