Cloth sailor doll "Jolly Boy"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 2017
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Ann Dunham
label: Donor Name
content: Maya Soetoro-Ng
notes: label: Notes
content: Cloth sailor doll with cloth face and hands, and painted eyes, nose, and mouth. Original uniform consists of white cotton cap with blue head-band, sailor suit of blue velvet, square collar of lighter blue cotton, white lanyard, and black velvet "shoes". Label on underside of left foot: "Made in England by Norah Wellings"
label: Notes
content: Bron Solyom notes (page 6, see accession file): "These [toys, E434810-434817] were among Ann Dunham's personal possessions. I do not know if either of her children played with them." It is unknown when or where these were made or acquired. Regarding this particular doll: "1950s... Typical of shipboard souvenirs sold by shipping companies to passengers on ocean liners, although this one lacks the name of a ship on the band of the cap".
label: Notes
content: "Jolly Boy" sailor doll was produced by Norah Welling's company Victoria Toy Works. The company operated from 1926 - 1959. They began producing the popular sailor dolls in 1929. See "Norah Wellings and her novelty dolls" by Sudre Havenga, April 29, 2020, https://nationalmuseumpublications.co.za/norah-wellings-and-her-novelty-dolls/ .
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Sep 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: England, United Kingdom, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: English
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2077623
label: USNM Number
content: E434812-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 21 cm
label: Width
content: 11 cm
label: Height
content: 5 cm