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Dancing Doll

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Collection Type

  • Toys and games

Date

1780-1800

GUSN

GUSN-10877

Description

Wooden dall with moveable arms and legs, penciled face.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dolls
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Doll
Doll

Inscription

In pencil, on back: 1792.

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

8 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.773

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