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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Female doll
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Female doll

Maker Chancay culture, Peru, Central Coast
Date1000- 1450
Made/manufacturedPeru
MediumWool, fibers
Dimensions10 1/8 × 2 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (25.7 × 5.7 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Marian Davis
Object number2016.38.2
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionFigure made with woven fibers (probably wool, possibly camelid); large head with embroidery on face (pink) some loss of threads; features on face defined by black thread, possibly camelid wool; black threads for hair; white tunic with fringe; legs taper to two points, and are covered with pink and red patterned wool; threads seem firable and hair is tangled; stuffing seems to be bundled fiber.
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