Rag doll

Description

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

Museum reference

K.1998.1182

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Rag doll

Production information

Kerman, Iran, West Asia

Date

c. 1920

Materials

Cotton

Physical description

Face, body and hands in white cotton stuffed with waste, clothes in patterned coloured cottons

Associations

Previous owner: Colville, Betty, Mrs, 1914 - 1998 (fl.)

Exhibitions

• Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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