Small Wooden Doll
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Nov 1998
label: Collection Date
content: March 2, 1977
name: label: Collector
content: Christopher Roy
label: Collector
content: Nora Roy
label: Donor Name
content: Christopher Roy
notes: label: Notes
content: CARVED IN 1 PIECE, WOODEN DOLL HAS FLAT, SEMI-CIRCULAR HEAD WITH THE THIN EDGE FACING FORWARD. SURFACES OF BOTH SIDES ARE RAISED TOWARD CENTERS W/ PIERCED CENTRAL HOLE. BODY IS THIN, CYLINDRICAL W/ PENDULOUS BREASTS. BREASTS & BACK HAVE INCISED LINEAR LINES. BELOW BREASTS IS PIERCED HOLE SURROUNDED BY RADIATING INCISED LINES. BODY TRUNCATES IN 2 GROOVES & WIDENS OUT IN ROUGHLY CIRCULAR, FLAT BASE. NECK & GROOVES HAVE SMALL WHITE GLASS BEADS STRUNG ON COTTON THREAD. FIBER RESIDUES VISIBLE ON HEAD. SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON MOSSI DOLLS.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "While the dolls [E428461 and E428462] represent adult women, girls cuddle them as if they were babies."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ziniare, Oubritenga, Burkina Faso, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mossi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420717
label: USNM Number
content: E428461-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 17 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.2 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 3.5 cm