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29-164-1

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-164-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan
Date Made Mid 18th Century - Late 18th Century
Section Asian
Materials Textile | Wood | Hair
Iconography Empress
Description

Seated Empress doll for Hinamatsuri or Girl's Day in Japan. Stiff brocade clothes with removable head of wood painted white and black hair. The doll sits on a platform which has a tag on the underside which reads: "Bought in Chinese Quarter in San Francisco 1869."

Height 22 cm
Width 24 cm
Depth 16 cm
Credit Line Gift of W. H. Miller (?), 1916

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