E1323: Chinese Mandarin male doll, elderly

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E1323

Classification Category:

9:Recreational Artifacts ➞ Toy

Marks/Labels:

Box 160

Materials:

fabric ➔ cloth ➔ silk
fabric ➔ thread

Dimensions:

Provenance of Object:

Chang Pao: originally the typical Manchu costume with horseshoe-shaped sleeves and slits on the four lower sides of the grown. Manchu came from the Northern region where its winter was much colder than Central China.
Ma Gua: an outdoor jacket to keep warm. It was designed to have a short, baggy sleeves and above waist to enhance the mobility of horseback riding. It was initially used for the soldiers

The object was donated to the Boston Children's Museum by Mrs. John Radford Abbot in 1963. The Boston Children's Museum gifted the object to the Luther College Ethnographic Museum in 2016.

Production Date:

Prior to 1915

Source Locality:

China

Acquisition Date:

1963

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