Small Costumed Doll
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Jan 1960
name: label: Donor Name
content: Federal Council Church Of Christ
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "One of the 58 dolls [Torei Ningyo, Dolls of Gratitude or Friendship Dolls, sent to the U.S. from Japan in 1927]. Additional info. in Lab Acc. file." This doll is the female attendant doll for "Miss Japan" (E340126).
label: Notes
content: A copy negative has been made of an old black and white Smithsonian exhibit photo of Miss Japan (# E340126), her attendant doll (# E340127), and accessories in an exhibit case - Neg. # is 2004-18707.
label: Notes
content: From Anthropology Conservation Lab Condition Reports, 1985 and 1988, see ACL files for additional information: Japanese costumed female doll, the attendant or companion doll for "Miss Japan", Catalogue No E340126-0. Body parts made of the substance called toso (paulownia sawdust mixed with wheat starch) and "skin" coated with gofun (oyster shell mixed with isinglass or fish glue); upper limbs are soft and covered with cloth; human hair, painted lips and eyebrows, and glass eyes; dressed in cotton underwear and layers of colored, figured silk kimono; brocade obi; white silk socks (tabi); footwear (zori) brocade silk with wool felt soles. One metal, heart-shaped display stand with metal, fixed support on doll's back.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 May 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 100437
label: USNM Number
content: E340127-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll / Stand
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 45.6 cm