Doll

Object/Artifact

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Doll

Entry/Object ID

1999.50.13

Description

Padded, but mostly two-dimensional, doll. The doll is wearing a loose-fitting, long-sleeved garment consisting of a robe and pants. The sleeves are voluminous, and the robe is tied closed around the wearer's breast. The doll is also wearing a large, peaked hat that hangs low, covering the top half of the face. The visible face shows a nose, red lips, and black facial hair drawing in with ink. The doll is holding a something rectangular over his chin. The back is marked in ink, "1923" and "Japan".

Context

Owned by Flora Coutts of Newport, Vermont, who taught in Korea from 1922-1925.

Acquisition

Accession

1999.50

Source or Donor

Nelson, Beatrice Aldrich

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1923

Place

Country

Japan

Continent

Asia

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Japanese

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Doll

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

6-1/2 in

Width

2-1/4 in

Material

Linen, Paperboard

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Coutts, Flora (1897-1983)

Related Places

Place

City

Newport

County

Orleans County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America