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Tzotzil doll. Am1978,15.717

Tzotzil Maya

British Museum

British Museum
London, United Kingdom

Doll. Body is made of maize leaf, head is made of cotton with maize leaf hair, nose and mouth are sewn on with blue thread, cotton textiles. It was acquired in the 1970s in San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, Mexico, for an exhibition in the Horniman Museum and later tranferred to the Bristish Museum.

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  • Title: Tzotzil doll. Am1978,15.717
  • Creator: Tzotzil Maya
  • Location: The British Museum, London, UK
  • Type: Object, doll
  • Contributor: BM
  • Rights: ©Trustees of the British Museum
  • Medium: Maize leaf, cotton
  • Accession no. : Am1978,15.717
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