Costume doll
Category
Dolls
Date
Unknown
Materials
Composition, Earthenware, Textile, Wood
Measurements
245 mm (H)
Place of origin
India
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Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 277549
Summary
A wood and composition doll representing a woman wearing Palestinian traditional dress, carrying an earthenware pot on her head. Wood and composition head with painted features. Wood body, wired arms, wooden legs and shoes. Dressed in a purple hand-stitched dress. Costume dolls representing people of different nationalities in their local dress have been made since the mid-19th century. As global travel expanded ‘world’ dolls were produced as tourist souvenirs as well as children’s toys. They appear in a variety of media, from paper to porcelain, polymer to plastic. Produced to be instantly recognisable and collectible, ‘world’ dolls can portray a stereotypical view of peoples and cultural identities.