Polynesian Barbie Doll
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1990's
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: PLASTIC DOLL IN SHAPE OF FEMALE HUMAN W/ BROWN HAIR, CELLULOSE FIBER SKIRT, GREEN FABRIC BATHING SUIT. 3 ORANGE PLASTIC SHELLS ON FRONT OF SKIRT. SKIRT STITCHED TOGETHER AT TOP W/ PLASTIC CORD. TIED TO LEFT HAND IS A CELLULOSE FIBER FAN (?). ACCORDING TO ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY) BOTH 428798 ANAND 428799 "ILLUSTRATE HOW POLYNESIAN REPRESENTATION HAS BEEN ELABORATED IN THE LATE 20TH CENTURY." KAEPPLER COMMENTS THIS DOLL "IS A BARBIE 'KNOCKOFF'."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416174
label: USNM Number
content: E428799-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 29.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 6 cm