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Dancing doll

Owen, Bill (carpenter)

Dancing doll with clapper board. Made by Bill Owen, a carpenter from Port Talbot, in about 1910. Wooden doll with articulated limbs. The doll has painted face and hair, with a protruding peg nose. The lower legs are made of lead, with wooden clogs for feet. The top hat is carved from the head piece. Clothing: tailed jacket with waitcoat and fawn trousers.

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Collection Area

Social & Cultural History

Item Number

F72.325

Creation/Production

Owen, Bill

1910 (circa)

Role: carpenter
Period: 1910 (circa)

Acquisition

Donation

Measurements

Height (cm): 29
Width (cm): 10
Depth (cm): 6

Material

Wood
Lead
Paint
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