DepartmentLatin America
Reproduction Chancay style birth scene
NameDoll
CulturePeruvian
Dateca. 1990
MediumWoven cotton, burlap, human hair, wool and cotton threads, straw
Dimensions6 5/16 × 4 5/16 × 2 9/16 in. (16 × 11 × 6.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Natasha Torres, A,2015.16.2
Object numberA.2015.16.2
DescriptionThree adult figures surround a reclining female figure giving birth; an infant head is emerging from under the blanket. All figures have coarse woven cotton faces embroidered with wool yarn. All have thread-wrapped straw limbs and are mounted to a rectangular straw backing wrapped in layers of cotton gauze and netting.
1920-1972
ca.1940s
