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Composite Doll with Grass-stuffed Body

Composite Doll with Grass-stuffed Body - Doll
Accession #: 4144.1
Title: Composite Doll with Grass-stuffed Body
Object Type: Doll
Participants:
Physical Description: Small doll with grass-stuffed muslin body and arms, legs and head made from a composite material. Doll is dressed in a handmade cotton ecru lace and cutwork embroidery dress, slip and bonnet. One eye has fallen into the head and one arm is detached.
Description: Ivy Ollie, born in 1883, traveled from Missouri by covered wagon and settled in the Colville area with her family. She played with this doll during her childhood.
Category: History
Subjects/Topics/Concepts:
Toy (Recreation)
Dimensions:
length 8 1/2" (length of doll)
length 10 1/2" (length of dressing gown)
Materials/Techniques:
glass (Material)
grass (plant material) (Material)
cotton (textile) (Material)
composite material (Material)
cotton (textile) (Material)
Credit Line: Gift of Dick, John, and Clarence Rogers, Rosemary Bahr, Judith Holt, and Alta Salee, 2006

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