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Catalog Number CAS 2019-0004-0018   CAS 2019-0004-0018; Doll
Category Folk Toys
Object Name Doll
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
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Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Metal; Paint; Commercial cord
Description Small cylindrical kokeshi-like doll carved from a single piece of wood; Face, body, and headdress are painted on with black ink; Figure wears a coin tied around its neck on a red string; Single kanji carved on back reads 為 (nasu: “to form, constitute, create or produce”). *Non-Roman alphabet characters are not legible in the online listing. Japanese characters, such as those included here, appear as a series of question marks. Other scripts, such as Greek letters, may appear as Roman letters but be inaccurately transcribed.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 10.0, Max Diam = 2.8