Doll "Ningyo"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1987
label: Collection Date
content: Nov. 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Children's Assoc. For World Peace
label: Donor Name
content: Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc
notes: label: Notes
content: BOY DOLL, NAMED YAMATO FUJIO [i.e. Fujio Yamato], WITH HEAD CONSTRUCTED FROM SAWDUST (MADE FROM PAULOWNIA "KIRI" WOOD), WHEAT STARCH, AND WOODEN PEG. BODY FORM WAS CREATED FROM STRAW STUFFINGS. GOFUN (PULVERIZED OYSTER SHELL WITH GLUE) WAS APPLIED ON FACE, HANDS, UPPER BODY, LOWER LEGS AND FEET. LOWER BODY AND THIGHS ARE SOFT WITH WHITE SILK FABRIC COVERING. HUMAN HAIR IS GLUED ON AND EYES ARE OF GLASS. EYELASHES AND LIPCOLOR ARE PAINTED ON. SEE HISTORY CARD FOR MORE INFORMATION. MATERIALS: OYSTER SHELL, GLUE, WOOD, SAWDUST, WHEAT STARCH, SILK, PAINT, HUMAN HAIR, STRAW, GLASS, PAPER, METAL, COTTON, LACQUER. FOR DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PARTS, SEE ACCESSION FILE. THIS BOY DOLL WAS PRESENTED AS THE BROTHER OF "MISS JAPAN" (E340126-0), AND WAS PURCHASED BY THE DONORS FROM DOLL MAKER YAMADA TADAO, SON OF YAMADA TOKUBEI. Per Alan Scott Pate, 1-11-2010, Yamada Tokubei and his Yoshitoku doll company oversaw the creation of 51 of the original Japanese Friendship Dolls.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Honshu, 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: 361009
label: USNM Number
content: E423882-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll / Stand
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 79 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 36 cm