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

Collections

Latin America

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.