Doll Item Number: Ed1.142 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Figure representing a person on a flat backing of white paper. Front view is depicted of the figure which is made of cloth lightly padded to give a three-dimensional effect having each portion made of a separate piece of cloth with painted details. Hands are made of paper. Face is made of white silk. Wearing yellow sandals, leggings, white trousers, a robe of dark yellow linen, and belted under the arms with a ribbon of the same. Face is partly covered by a large hat of the same material shaped like a rounded triangle with an apex at the top. Carrying a screen on two paper handles. Two pieces of white flannel hemmed in light green silk with a loop of mint green at the top are sewn to the paper backing. The left foot has a dark line vertically along the middle.
History Of Use
Probably made for sale to European and North Americans, possibly under missionary influence. Figure represents a Korean man in mourning dress of yellow hemp. In Korea, until penetration of western influence in recent years, 3 years of mourning for a parent was expected during which men wore hemp clothing and very large straw hats. This long period of mourning derives from Confusian ethics and was enforced by royal command during the Yi Dynasty. Figure is carrying a screen to cover his face. Officials also carried such screens to shield their faces from public view.
Narrative
Collected by J. H. Morris while he was chief engineer for Seoul Railway, Korea.
Item History
- Made in Korea before 1939
- Collected between 1899 and 1939
- Owned by Marion Stephan before August 1964
- Received from Marion Stephan (Donor) during August 1964
What
- Name
- Doll
- Identification Number
- Ed1.142
- Type of Item
- doll
- Material
- flax fibre, adhesive, silk fibre, cotton fibre, paint and paper
- Manufacturing Technique
- spun, sewn, glued, woven, dyed, cut and painted
- Overall
- height 16.3 cm, width 5.8 cm, depth 0.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Korean
- Previous Owner
- Marion Stephan
- Received from
- Marion Stephan (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Korea
When
- Creation Date
- before 1939
- Collection Date
- between 1899 and 1939
- Ownership Date
- before August 1964
- Acquisition Date
- during August 1964
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 77
- Accession Number
- 0113/0045