Doll Item Number: Ef246 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Wood figure representing a male carved in the half-round with painted decoration. Skin is painted yellow. Has eyes, eyebrows, and three diagonal red marks in the middle of the forehead. Has a small red mouth with a black moustache. Has black hair in a trapezoid shape decorated with white dots. Wearing a high round red, green, white, and black headpiece. Has a red robe decorated with horizontal white lines, and circles. His green coat is decorated with curvi-linear white and black lines and dots.
History Of Use
Wood toys are produced chiefly by artisans whose traditions include carpentry, stone cutting, and wood and ivory carving. Toys are also carved by women who use the proceeds from the sale for extra income.
Cultural Context
toy
Iconographic Meaning
'King' doll dressed in Muslim-influenced style of Bengali rulers from the Medieval Period.
Item History
- Made in West Bengal, India
- Collected during 1976
- Owned by Stephen Inglis before December 2, 1977
- Received from Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) and Stephen Inglis (Seller) on December 2, 1977
What
Who
- Culture
- Bengali
- Previous Owner
- Stephen Inglis
- Received from
- Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) and Stephen Inglis (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- West Bengal, India
When
- Collection Date
- during 1976
- Ownership Date
- before December 2, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on December 2, 1977
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0411/0117