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Blue bib with printed design. The bib is diamond shaped with a top black square and two white ties. There are also white ties attached to each side of the bib. In the centre is a large white character within a circle on blue ground. Adjacent to the circle are pictures of an axe, cat, top and kite. The back is lined with white flannelette.
Carved dark brown wood shaped like elongated pear in transverse cross section. Wider end hollowed to form a bowl-like depression. Inserted vertically through narrow end is a wheel with a cleft deep cut around its perimeter, .9 cm. from each side. Wheel mounted on brass axle with brass handle projecting 4.3 cm. from one side. Traces of thread in cleft. Hole lined with white glass tube bored through from wheel to inside bowl with similar hole opposite from inside to outside of bowl. Around outside of bowl are carved dragon and cloud shapes.
Folded paper in abstract approximation of human form wearing a kimono. Red lining to kimono; wood extends beyond bottom fold of kimono; silver and gold loops near top; one loop encloses a small cloth scroll which appears to have calligraphy; other loops in purple.
Unsharpened pencil with kokeshi doll attached to one end. Round head of doll rotates on smaller oval body with stepped base. Painted hair and stylized features, traditional dress.
Unsharpened pencil with kokeshi doll at one end. Round head rotates above smaller oval body with stepped base. Painted topknot with red decorations, stylized features, traditional dress.
Doll has cone shaped body which tapers upward to the round moveable head. Painted facial features, crescentic eyebrows and eyes, u-shaped nose, and black lips with red tongue. Body is painted with alternating red and green horizontal lines. Hair is painted with whispy red. Calligraphy on base.
Box (a) with painting of four children playing with dolls on lid; red calligraphy on lid and sides; floral design on sides. Box contains sheets of cut-out paper dolls (b-d), fabric doll heads on wooden sticks (e-g), cardboard dolls (h-j), rolls (k-r) and strips (s-v) of patterned crepe paper for making doll's clothes.
Set of fifteen paper costume dolls with stands (parts a-o). Dolls contained in an envelope stamped "Set Number One / Typical Handpainted /Japanese Paper Dolls" (part p).
Doll has rounded fixed head with molded features of crescentic eyebrows, inset crescentic eyes, and red mouth. Ridged body with soft upper arms and thighs and molded lower arms and legs. Kimono has floral design on red ground. Red and gold checkered obi and white tabi. Wooden post with calligraphy at back of doll. Noise box under obi.
Bamboo tube, cut open for half of its length, with a carved knob and an incised pattern at its butt end. Wood hook is carved as a reptile with distinctive teeth that are carved out as a negative space. Fibres bind the hook to the tube and the handle has a fibre collar and a loop. The whole has pigmented black but has worn away in patches on the sides and on the underside of the bamboo.