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Doll man. Nenets

Title:

Doll man.

Ethnic groups:

Nenets

Territory:

Arkhangelsk province

Date:

Early 20th century

Collectors-person:
Material:

Fur (reindeer); cloth: cloth; animal derived materials: bird’s beak

Number:

РЭМ 2833-1

Annotation:

Dolls were favorite toys of girls. Dolls’ gender differed in clothing only. The doll man was dressed in a malica, a closed-up garment, or in a sovik. The dolls’ heads were made from duck’s culmen and were attached to the “body,” a rectangular piece of felt decorated with multicolored cloth strips sewn to it vertically. This doll is dressed in a miniature malica with a hood decorated with red cloth edging. Abstract by I.A. Karapetova