Doll Item Number: Ed1.146 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Figure representing a person on a flat backing of white paper. Rear view is depicted with the face turned to the left side 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 a large hat shaped like a rounded triangle with an apex at the top, and a scalloped rim of dark yellow linen, a loose grey silk jacket, loose white cotton trousers tied at the ankles with yellow-green thread, and yellow sandals. Two pieces of white and blue flannel edged with green silk thread with a loop of the same thread at the top are sewn to the paper backing.
History Of Use
Probably made for sale to European and North Americans, possibly under missionary influence. Figure represents a Korean man, either a farmer wearing a rain hat or a bullock-driver. His clothes, which would be of cotton, his straw sandals, and his large hat are characteristic of bullock-drivers in the late 19th century; also worn by men in mourning and Buddhist monks.
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
- Ed1.146
- Type of Item
- doll
- Material
- paint, silk fibre, flax fibre, adhesive, cotton fibre and paper
- Manufacturing Technique
- spun, woven, dyed, painted, sewn, glued and cut
- Overall
- height 15.5 cm, width 6.1 cm, depth 0.9 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
- 0113/0049