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Doll Stand

Doll Stand - Stand, Doll
Accession #: 812.2
Title: Doll Stand
Object Type: Stand, Doll
Participants:
Physical Description: Wooden doll stand with removable upright metal support for Miss Tokushima. The base of the stand is made of wood, the topmost surface of which is a light tan woven straw mat with tan cotton edging on two sides. Entire base is assembled with screws. There is a metal plaque on the face of the stand which says "Miss Tokushima" in both Japanese and English. Upright metal support is of polished metal, the upper portion having two projections which hold the doll. The metal support is removable and is attached with a wing nut and two washers on the underside of the base. There is a paper label on the underside of the base, which says: "The Tokyo Doll Wholesale Traders association."
Description: The Miss Tokushima doll was used as part of an international doll exchange to promote goodwill between Japan and the U. S. This doll is 1 of 58 doll ambassadors sent by 2,610,000 Japanese school girls in those Primary Schools and Kindergartens which had received one of the 12,739 Doll Messengers of Friendship sent to Japan in the spring of 1927 by thousands of American children and young people. The Friendship Doll exchange was coordinated by the Committee on World Friendship Among Children, which was instituted by The Commission on International Justice and Goodwill of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. This particular doll represents the Tokushima prefecture on the island of Shikoku.
Category: History
Related Objects:
812.1 (Koryusai Takizawa, Doll, Japanese Friendship Doll, Miss Tokushima, 1927)
Subjects/Topics/Concepts:
Toy (Recreation)
Geographical Reference: Tokushima (International->Asia->Japan)
Dimensions:
length 15 3/4"
width 12 1/4"
height 2"
height,large 24"
Materials/Techniques:
reed (grass) ( -> -> -> ->grass (plant material)) (Material)
cotton (fiber) ( -> ->fiber->plant fiber) (Material)
wood (plant material) ( -> -> -> ) (Material)
metal ( -> -> ) (Material)
Marks/Inscription:
TOKYO DOLL WHOLESALE ASSOCIATION
Related Exhibits:
Credit Line: Gift of the Goodwill Doll Exchange, 1927. In honor of their work to further the exchange of friendship and knowledge between the people of Japan and the people of the Inland Northwest and for their work in the history of Friendship Dolls, the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture dedicates "Miss Tokushima" to Michiko and Hiroshi Takaoka. Board of Trustees, September 5, 2006.

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