Name/Title
Bisque doll with brown wig in red costume, 1900Entry/Object ID
2015.94.3Description
ACC. NO. 15.94.3
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TOYS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1900
OBJECT: DOLL
DESCRIPTION: A BISQUE HEADED DOLL WITH STATIONARY BROWN EYES AND OPEN MOUTH WITH TEETH, AND A BRUNETTE COLORED WIG THAT APPEARS TO BE ORIGINAL. DOLL IS DRESSED IN A REPLICA OF A PERIOD COSTUME IN RED WOOL TRIMMED IN BLACK BRAIDING. COSTUME ALSO INCLUDES A RED SATIN HAT TRIMMED IN BLACK RIBBON. THE BODY OF OFF-WHITE KID HAS ATTACHED BISQUE HANDS FROM UPPER ARM TO ELBOW.
SIZE: L 18"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A DOLL OWNED BY LINDA AND SYLVIA ZANARIA, DAUGHTERS OF GIOVANNI, RESIDENTS OF 810 TAYLOR AVENUE, ALAMEDA, FROM 1917 TO 2015.
DONOR: ALAMEDA MUSEUM ACQUISITION FUND
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 3, 2015
