Not currently on display at the V&A

Costume Doll

ca. 1867 (made)
Place of origin

Costume doll representing the wife of a Varanasi zamindar, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, c1867; Dolls; Textiles


Object details

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Brief description
Costume doll representing the wife of a Varanasi zamindar, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, c1867; Dolls; Textiles
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. Slip book entry: 'Dressed doll / Benares, Bengal / Rs. 6 / 1867 / Original nos. 4272 / costume of wife of Zemindar of Benares'; 1880 Register entry: 'BOX No. 109. 6858-6876. DOLLS. Dressed in native costumes.'
Associated objects
Other number
5860 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
6872(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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