Japanese Doll (Box 2)

Japanese Doll (Box 2)

1800-1894

dolls

A standing young woman, leaning to one side and looking up. She wears a long sleeved kimono (furisode), yellowish in color, now badly deteriorated. Also visible are red and blue material. She has high geta (clogs) and a simple hairstyle crowned with a tegara (crepe cloth).

Japan

wood (plant material); shell white (pigment); cloth

5 x 6 x 16 inches (Measurements are of the box the doll was contained in)

Turner, William Patillo (Purchaser) ; Candler, Warren Akin (Funder)

Oxford College Library (Oxford, Ga.)

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