cloth doll; Karanis; Dolls; Toys; Wool
Gold and blue woven cloth. Fair condition. Concentric rings around red yarn center for face. Back of head gold with frayed cloth for hair (?). Neck tied with gold thread. Body of gold and blue strips.; Wilfong: Rag doll. Wool; yarn.; Small doll made from narrow fragments of cloth folded and wrapped around red fibers to form a “head” at one end. There are three layers plus the center. The fragments are held together by a 3-ply cord at the doll’s “neck”.; Fragment A - outside layer, yellowed warp and weft; Fragment B - fragment of a blue sprang cap; Fragment C - yellowed warp and weft; Fragment D - center; red fibers, weave structure cannot be determined.
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