Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Doll |
Title |
Aunt Phyllis |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.00503 |
Description |
Adult female doll with a hickory nut face, and hands and body made of pieces of rolled and stitched white cotton. Eyes and mouth are painted onto the hickory nut; the pointed portion of the nut is her nose. Hair is two pieces of gray yarn, one strand on either side of her face. Dress is brown printed cotton calico; white cotton apron; white cotton bonnet and kerchief. Petticoat is white cotton. |
Material |
textiles; nut (hickory) |
Dimensions |
H-8 W-4 D-1.5 inches |
Owned |
Mrs. Mazyck Wilson Shields (tentative) |
Made |
probably Virginia |
Provenance |
The doll's name is Aunt Phyllis, and she is an example of a "Mammy doll." Possibly owned by the donor, Mrs. Mazyck Wilson Shields. Possibly made/used in Virginia, as it was donated to the Virginia Room. "A small old mammy whose face is made of a hickory nut." |
People |
Shields, Mazyck Wilson (tentative) |
Search Terms |
Mammies |
Subjects |
toys children girls |