Carved Wooden Doll
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Nov 1998
label: Collection Date
content: December 29, 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Christopher Roy
label: Collector
content: Nora Roy
label: Donor Name
content: Christopher Roy
notes: label: Notes
content: CARVED FROM 1 PIECE, DARK BROWN, LIGHTLY BURNISHED WOODEN DOLL HAS THIN, FLAT HELMET-SHAPED HEAD. FACE IS CONCAVE CURVE W/ INCISED EYES, NOSTRILS, MOUTH, & CHIN. TOP OF HEAD IS NOTCHED, SIDES HAVE TRIANGULAR PROTRUSION. HEAD COVERED W/ INCISED LINEAR PATTERN. BODY HAS LONG, CYLINDRICAL NECK. RECTANGULAR BREASTS JUT OUTWARD. CYLINDRICAL STOMACH BULGES OUTWARD. BODY INCISED W/ LINEAR PATTERN. HAS ROUND, FLAT BASE. DOLL HAS CRACKS IN WOOD. 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: Bonam, Boulsa, Namentenga, 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: E428462-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 26 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5.2 cm