- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden doll with bead collar.
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector William Coleman Piercy
- Field collector Universities' Mission to Central Africa
- PRM source William Coleman Piercy
- PRM source Faith Piercy
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1935
- Date collected
- By 1935
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1935 Acquired: 1939
- Materials and processes
- Material Bead, Material Wood Plant, Process Beadwork
- Dimensions
- Length: max 215 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1939.3.202
Search terms: Figure, Toy and Game, Bead, Doll Figure
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