doll;
toy
- Museum number
- Am1978,15.715.c
- Description
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Doll (one of four); made from maize leaf; in the form of human figure; cotton cloth head; brown corn silk hair braided and tied with red and yellow acrylic yarn; body maize leaves; yellow silk sash tied around waist.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Height: 12.50 centimetres
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Width: 3 centimetres
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Depth: 1.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Children in San Juan Chamula make pocket money by making and selling dolls of this type to tourists. They might also have served as playthings.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
1977-1978, London, Horniman Museum
- Acquisition date
- 1978
- Acquisition notes
- Objects collected during the 1970s by Chloë Sayer and Marcos Ortiz. They were exhibited in 1977-1978 at the Horniman Museum, and later acquired by the British Museum.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1978,15.715.c