Paper Figurine Doll

Original Title: Vintage Doll Cutout
Devised Title: Paper Figurine Doll
Date: 1880
Creator: Unknown See all items with this value
Contributor: James N. Eaton
Description: Black paper doll features movable joints, cut from paper and assembled with small fasteners. The doll, reflecting 19th-century craftsmanship. These dolls, often simple in design, were popular children's toys, but also highlight complex themes of race and identity in post-Reconstruction America.
Primary Subject: 1800-1899 See all items with this value; Business See all items with this value; Economics See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value
Location: Tallahassee; Leon County; Florida; United States of America
Type: Textual document
Medium: Paper; Metal
Additional Techniques: Print
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: AR_0012_01_B04_F01_0001_001
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.FAMU.0113
Rights: All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of MEBA is an infringement of the copyright law.
Contributing Institution: Florida A&M University
Collection: James N. Eaton Collection See all items with this value
Language: English