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Doll - Artifacts

Description
Kokeshi Doll Turned wood, three pieces glued together, modern style with egg-shaped head and top knot, upper body is pear-shaped and lower body is hour-glass shaped. Black painted top knot has beige rectangular ornament painted on the front, gold cord tied under top knot, tilted head has black painted hair with a widows peak, raised grey eyebrows, black horizontal eyes outlined in grey, grey dot for nose, two red dots for mouth. Center front of upper body has painted white collar with blue wellhead design, lower collar and sleeve openings are pink, sleeves are outlined in black, and have red outlined fans with white and gold dotted floral motifs, on is a grey fan with gold dots, center has a white painted leaf with gold accents, around waistline is a black painted sash with gold accents, blue and pink kimono edges extend to bottom showing a painted white and blue dots under kimono, at left are two fans: one outlined in red with white and red flowers and one outlined in grey with gold clouds, on the back are two black Japanese characters: "Hakone" (place) On bottom black ink kanji: "made by Tomogoro"
Object ID
1996.010.124