DOLL
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SLOVAK ETHNIC COSTUME
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- COTTON, NYLON
- Catalogue Number
- P19910060000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SLOVAK ETHNIC COSTUME
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- COTTON, NYLON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 50.5
- Description
- HANDMADE DOLL & COSTUME. COSTUME INCLUDES DRESS, BLOUSE, APRON, UNDERGARMENT, FOOTWEAR & HAT. COSTUME IS TRADITIONAL ETHNIC HUNGARIAN WITH EMBROIDERED BLOUSE, EMBROIDERED APPLIQUE APRON, EMBROIDERED HAT, TIE, & SLEEVES. DRESS IS BROWN, WITH WHITE FABRIC WHERE EMBROIDERED. APRON AND UNDERGARMENTS TRIMMED WITH LACE. BROWN YARN HAIR, IN TWO BRAIDS. FACE IS PAINTED ON EXCEPT EYES & MOUTH WHICH ARE CUT FROM FELT CLOTH AND GLUED. FACE FORM IS PROBABLY STYROFOAM, BODY IS STUFFED TO GIVE SHAPE & FORM.
- Subjects
- TOY
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- History
- MADE BY DONOR'S MOTHER, KATTE BETTS WHO ARRIVED IN CANADA IN 1928, EMMIGRATING FROM RADOSINA, A VILLAGE IN THE CARPATHIANS, NOW PART OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA. MOTHER IS ETHNIC HUNGARIAN. MARRIED CLARENCE BETTS OF COUTTS. SEE ATTACHED LETTERS FROM KATTE BETTS WITH TRANSLATIONS & B&W PHOTOS OF BETTS FAMILY CA 1940. **** UPDATE: 20 NOVEMBER 2012. FOR RECORDS RELATED TO KATTIE’S EMIGRATION FROM THE FORMER CZECHOSLOVAKIA, PLEASE REFERENCE THE PERMANENT FILE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19910060000
- Acquisition Date
- 1991-09
- Collection
- Museum
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