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Rag doll

Description

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

Museum reference

K.1998.1216

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Rag doll

Production information

Cairo, Lower Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Early 20th century

Materials

Cotton, Plaster

Physical description

Flesh-coloured, yellow and black cotton fabrics; plaster head

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