Rag doll

Rag doll wearing a tight sleeveless blouse over which is worn a long black shawl wrapped over head, arms and around body, representing a woman in the everyday dress of the type worn by Egyptian peasant women, possibly of the Nile Delta villages: North Africa, Egypt, possibly Cairo, early 20th century

Rag doll

Rag doll: North Africa, Egypt, 20th century

Rag doll

Rag doll with face, body and hands in white cotton stuffed with cotton waste and clothed in patterned coloured cottons, representing a woman in everyday indoor working dress of the type worn by the maker: Iran, Kerman, made by a female house servant of the donor's parents, c. 1920