Wax Cloth Figure from the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia

Unidentified Aztec maker

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collected 1876

Cloth and wax

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly

22.3.1949

Geography

Place Made: Mexico, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Course History

COLT 73, 101, Spectacle and Exhibitionism, Michelle Warren, Winter 2012

Provenance

Collected by "an old sea captain," about 1820-1860; to General John Hewston, California; bequeathed to his niece, Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1927), West Newton, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1922.

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