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Description: | Large female doll in Portuguese costume with a painted, fabric face and composition hands. She is wearing a skirt that is lined, a cotton petticoat, knitted stockings and pink garters. The handwoven apron has hand-stitched trim and there is a circular, embroidered bag with a yellow strap around the left hand. The doll has metal earrings and necklaces. The skirt seems to have been cut down from a larger garment. The black shoes have leather uppers that have flowers embroidered into the surface.
caption: Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 1981.582
caption: Rear view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 1981.582 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | cotton wood dolls ceramic paint textile bead metal thread textiles wool leather dolls (pastimes: toys) bags (land transport: animal powered) lacework | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-134409 | Go to resource |
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