Dolls

Bone Dolls

Female figure (LACMA M.73.5.369). Egypt - 8th-9th C.

Female figure (LACMA M.73.5.368). Egypt - 8th-10th C.

 

Ceramic Dolls


 

Rag Dolls 

Doll tunic (Museum für Byzantinische Kunst 9987). Egypt - 7th-9th C.

Rag doll (Museum of Fine Arts Houston 2001.1002). Peru - 800–1450

Female doll (Harn 2016.38.2). Peru - 1000-1450

Doll (UBC Museum of Anthropology 3111/24). Peru - 1000-1476

Female figure (UBC Museum of Anthropology 2990/731). Peru - 1000-1476

Figural Sculpture (Brooklyn Museum 1883). Peru - 1000-1532

Funerary doll (Brooklyn Museum 2003.81.3). Peru - ca. 1100-1350

Funerary dolls (Brooklyn Museum 1995.84.4, -.5). Peru - 1400-1532


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