Japanese Doll (Box 3; 1 of 3)

Japanese Doll (Box 3; 1 of 3)

1800-1894

dolls

The doll depicts a standing young woman. Her neck and body are exaggeratedly tall and slender. She wears an elaborate hairstyle held in back with a red ribbon. Her furisode (long sleeved kimono) is pale blue with flower pattern decorations, lined with red. Beneath it she wears a red underrobe. Her obi (sash) is pale yellow and trails behind her.

Japan

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

1.3 x 2 x 3.67 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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