Doll Item Number: Ed5.2814 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Doll (part a) has gesso-like head, hands, and feet. Body stuffed with paper? Black shoulder length straight hair with bangs. Black painted eyebrows, brown glass eyes in eye socket, painted black lower lashes, molded nose, and pink painted closed mouth. Orange floral kimono. Obi brocaded in orange and gold with white tie around obi. Pink and white dotted scarf above obi. Wooden stand (part b) black lacquer finish with fixed wood upright.
Narrative
Part of the Miss Jessie M. Miller Collection. Miss Miller was a teaching evangelist for the Anglican Church of Canada.
Item History
- Made in Japan
- Collected between 1935 and 1968
- Owned by Jessie M. Miller
- Owned by Donovan F. Miller, Mrs. Donovan F. Miller and Dorothy W. Miller before November 9, 1977
- Received from Donovan F. Miller (Donor), Mrs. Donovan F. Miller (Donor) and Dorothy W. Miller (Donor) on November 9, 1977
What
- Name
- Doll
- Identification Number
- Ed5.2814 a-b
- Type of Item
- doll
- Material
- gesso ?, wood, paint, lacquer, paper, horse hair, silk fibre, glass and metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- moulded, glued, folded, lacquered, painted, sewn and cut
- Overall
- height 46.0 cm, width 22.5 cm, depth 13.0 cm
- Part A
- height 44.0 cm, width 22.5 cm, depth 13.0 cm
- Part B
- height 30.0 cm, width 16.5 cm, depth 10.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Previous Owner
- Jessie M. Miller, Donovan F. Miller, Mrs. Donovan F. Miller and Dorothy W. Miller
- Received from
- Donovan F. Miller (Donor), Mrs. Donovan F. Miller (Donor) and Dorothy W. Miller (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Collection Date
- between 1935 and 1968
- Ownership Date
- before November 9, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on November 9, 1977
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0422/0010 a-b