Female Doll with Baby

Maker Unknown, Maya?

DateMid-20th C

MediumCloth, fiber, metal, wood, metal wire, brown paper

Dimensions7 1/2” H 2 7/8" W 2" D

Credit LineGift of Beverly Porte

Object numberNLA2008.06.POR

DescriptionFemale doll with wrap skirt, huipil (blouse), carrying a baby on her back in a tzute (all-purpose cloth). Cloth face with stitched features, wire armature with brown paper wound around it to form arms and legs, fiber body filler, handwoven cloth outfit and headdress, thread belt, wood base.

ClassificationsToys

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

Exhibitions

Makers and Materials of the Americas

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