Doll Item Number: N2.1057 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Female doll with a white face (part a) and dressed as Ryukuan dancer. She is dressed in an elaborate brocade costume of red, gold, blue, and white. Her hair is tied back with a purple scarf. She is holding a green stick (part b) that has a cylinder that is perpendicularly attached to the stick in her right hand. Her right arm angles backward.
Item History
- Made in Okinawa, Japan
- Owned by Association of Trade Promotion Organizations of Prefectural Governments before November 1957
- Received from Association of Trade Promotion Organizations of Prefectural Governments (Donor) during November 1957
What
- Name
- Doll
- Identification Number
- N2.1057 a-b
- Type of Item
- doll
- Material
- silk fibre, paper and wood
- Manufacturing Technique
- stuffed, painted, modelled and sewn
- Overall
- height 24.9 cm, width 18.0 cm, depth 15.2 cm
- Part A
- height 24.9 cm, width 18.0 cm, depth 15.2 cm
- Part B
- height 11.8 cm, width 2.0 cm, depth 1.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Okinawan
- Previous Owner
- Association of Trade Promotion Organizations of Prefectural Governments
- Received from
- Association of Trade Promotion Organizations of Prefectural Governments (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Okinawa, Japan
When
- Ownership Date
- before November 1957
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1957
Other
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 1847/0016 a-b