Doll Wig

Manufactured Doll

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Doll Wig

Entry/Object ID

1943.13.1b-c

Description

Doll wig, or headpiece, of short blond hair (silk) attached to a buckram cap molded to the shape of the doll's head. The hair is curled outward, which is most evident at the back. It is topped with a low-profile, circular black lace hat decorated with a pink ribbon.

Context

Owned by Hattie Jane Dyer Weeks of Middlebury, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1943.13

Source or Donor

Weeks, John Eliakim (1853-1949)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Doll

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Made/Created

Date made

1866

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

25 in

Hair

Color

Blonde

Material

Silk, Cotton

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Weeks, Hattie Jane Dyer (1859-1942)

Related Places

Place

Town

Middlebury

County

Addison County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America