Collection Highlights
Miscegenation: the theory of the blending of the races, applied to the American white man and negro..
Date:
1864
Object Number:
LIB.E185.62.C76.1864
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Doll: baby
Object Number:
1979.90
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Ceramic, textile, hair, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/2 x 10 x 3 1/2 in. ( 36.8 x 25.4 x 8.9 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on back of head: "Germany / 233 / A. 2. M."
Description:
Baby doll with bisque socket head, brown wig glued to pate, sleeping eyes, open mouth, and pink tinted cheeks; composition body with bent limbs jointed at shoulders and hips; ivory lace-trimmed night dress and underclothing and crocheted bonnet with ribbon.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Ruth Weinberger
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
