DepartmentAsia

Tengu Kokeshi Doll

NameDoll

CultureJapanese

Datec. 1960

Place madeTOHOKU DISTRICT, JAPAN, East Asia, ASIA

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions3 1/8 × 1 1/8 × 13/16 in. (7.9 × 2.9 × 2.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.3.600

Object numberA.1981.3.600

DescriptionLathe-turned, drilled, pegged, painted. Figure has long red nose, shaggy eyebrows, grey beard and moustache, sinister eyes, frown, black hair. Wears gold cap with blue ties, white kimono with brown. Trim. Body shaped like top. // See A.1981.3.228.