1651 – Doll: Figure

Physical description:

Fabric doll, dressed in shades of brown and green; with a cream face with the features embroidered in red and black, and with a brown shawl over her head. Made in Peru, in the style of the Chancay figures that were placed with the dead as tomb offerings.

Museum classification:

Modern Witchcraft

Size:

240 x 90 x 50

Information:

Companion to 1650, 1658 and 1659. Brownie Pate named these dolls Eenie, Meenie, Minie and Mo.
These beautiful dolls are made in Peru by indigenous women artists, using textiles from the pre-Inca Chancay Culture (up to 1000 years old).
[Note: The use of small pieces of these ancient textiles by local artists is officially sanctioned.]
Cecil Williamson described in an article receiving these dolls from someone who believed they had brought them bad luck. The donor thought they had been made using fabric from Peruvian mummies.

Resource:

Object

Materials:

Fabric

Copyright ownership:

Treetrunk Ltd

Companion to 1650, 1658 and 1659. Brownie Pate named these dolls Eenie, Meenie, Minie and Mo.
These beautiful dolls are made in Peru by indigenous women artists, using textiles from the pre-Inca Chancay Culture (up to 1000 years old).
[Note: The use of small pieces of these ancient textiles by local artists is officially sanctioned.]
Cecil Williamson described in an article receiving these dolls from someone who believed they had brought them bad luck. The donor thought they had been made using fabric from Peruvian mummies.