Doll

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Doll

Entry/Object ID

MP.93.138 a-b

Description

Female African doll dressed Caribbean style with stand of plastic and metal: black hair, brown eyes and eyebrows, red fingernails; hoop earrings, white cotton turban-type headdress covers hair; dress is cotton, red body and white lace trim on sleeve cuffs, white yoke; white apron; white underwear and white lace trimmed petticoat; white plastic base and upright support with metal (unidentified) wire that props up doll around waist; on underside of base of doll stand is imprinted in the plastic "INDUSTRIAL SPECIALTIES, N. Y. C."

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Industrial Specialities

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

MP.93.138 A-B
MP.93.138a-b

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

7-5/8 in

Diameter

2-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 7 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. (19.4 x 6.4 cm)

Material

Cotton, Lace, Metal Unspecified, Plastic

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: White cotton has discolored (except underwear) to yellow brown--possibly due in part to rust stains. Dress very dusty and brittle. Clothing attached to doll's body in some places by staples.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, Kitchen