Female Nut Doll
Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Item 6651
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This doll is fashioned out of nuts. She is wearing a gold silk dress with a linen shawl. Her limbs are of wire with a cloth body. Her head, hands and feet are carved out of nut. Her eyes are set into her head with black glass. She has real hair, braided. It may have come from Yarmouth.
Other Information
- Title: Female Nut Doll
- Creation Date: circa 1840
- Subject Date: circa 1840
- Town: Yarmouth
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Nut, cloth, wood, silk, hair
- Dimensions (cm): 18 x
- Local Code: 4132*a
- Object Type: Physical Object
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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Clothing & dress
Children
Toys
Dolls--Maine--Yarmouth
Nuts
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Folk art
Home, domestic life & personal possessions
Museum object
Whimsy
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