Doll Item Number: Ed1.137 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. Holding a long yellow paper stick which is forked at the top. Figure is carrying on the back, a brown frame of two vertical pieces each with a horizontal projection on which rests a grey bundle, 6.5 cm. high, fastened with yellow-green thread. Figure has hair in a topknot. Wearing a grey cotton shirt, white cotton trousers, and sandals. Has a pink sash, and a brown purse hanging from the belt. Two pieces of white flannel hemmed with light green silk thread 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 lower-class Korean man of late 19th to early 20th centuries. The a-shaped frame was and is the common way for Korean men to carry heavy loads.
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
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
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0113/0040