Female Doll with Head Load

Maker Unknown, Maya?

DateMid-20th C

MediumCloth, fiber, wood, wire armature, brown paper

Dimensions6 1/2” H

Credit LineGift of Beverly Porte

Object numberNLA2008.07.POR

DescriptionFemale doll with head load wrapped in a tzute (all-purpose cloth), carrying a straw bundle representing firewood. Wire armature wrapped with brown paper to create arms and legs, fiber body filler, handwoven cloth corte (skirt), huipil (blouse) and headdress, thread belt, wood base.

ClassificationsToys

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

Exhibitions

Makers and Materials of the Americas

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