Collection Highlights
Decanter and stopper
1823-1845
1936.696ab
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dancing doll
Object name
Dancing doll
Date
1830-1870
Medium
Papier m
Dimensions
Overall: 13 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 2 in. ( 34.3 x 19 x 5.1 cm )
Description
Dancing doll with papier m
Credit Line
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Object Number
1945.339a
Gallery Label
While the heads were probably made in Germany, the doll itself was almost certainly assembled in another country, probably the United States. While no traces of the propelling mechanism exist, certain holes at the back of the head suggest that the doll may have been suspended, in order to cause the legs to "dance."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
