Female Doll

Object/Artifact

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New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Female Doll

Entry/Object ID

NU 2023.855

Description

A large female doll, in the style of a Spanish dancer. The doll has fabric limbs, face, and clothing. She is wearing black heeled shoes, with a cream-colored, multi-tiered, long-sleeved dress. The dress has green embroidery and green bow ties with green puff balls along the tiers, as well as along the bodice and at the shoulders. There is a pink rose at her waist, and a pink rose and yellow rose in her hair, which is black and braided. She is wearing purple and gold earrings with a matching necklace. Her facial features are painted on.

Collection

Martin Collection, History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Doll

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

509

Dimensions

Width

13-1/2 in

Length

21-1/2 in

Material

Fabric

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Gift of the Maud Martin Estate

Owner/Agent

Maud Martin

Acquisition Method

Gift

Acquisition Date

Oct 1976

Notes/Remarks

The executor of Maud Martin's estate donated the items; unclear if there was any direction given in her will.