Barbie Dressed as La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1996 - 1997
name: label: manufacturer
content: Mattel, Inc.
label: maker
content: Perez, Armando
notes: label: Description
content: This Barbie doll is costumed and accessorized as a representation of The Virgin of Caridad del Cobre, Patron Saint of Cuba. The doll wears the ornate blue and gold robe characteristic of the Virgin in other depictions in religious cards, carvings, and statues. The figure has a crown and is holding a baby (Barbie's brother doll), representing the image of Jesus, and an orb and a crucifix. The doll is mounted on a plaster base. Below the doll is a paper boat on painted cloth to represent the sea, with three doll figures on the boat that represent the fishermen lost at sea that the Virgin saves. Three angels are suspended above the boat. Mixed materials including glass, fabric, plastic, gold braid, plaster, paper, paint, and synthetic jewels. Made by Armando Pérez, a man of Cuban descent, living in Hatillo, Puerto Rico, at the time he sold this doll to the Smithsonian.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: Hatillo, Hatillo
topic: label: Subject
content: Saints
label: Subject
content: Catholic Church
label: Subject
content: Toys
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Religion
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0178.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0178
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0178.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: doll
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 100 cm x 47.5 cm x 24 cm; 39 3/8 in x 18 11/16 in x 9 7/16 in