50 UMMA Objects
Sort by


Bruce Davidson
Untitled (Child with a Doll Carriage), from "Welsh Miners"
1981
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Kenyon
1983/2.243.3

Zaramo
Doll
20th century
Gift from Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.325

Doll
20th century
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.303
Wooden columnar figure wrapped in alternating black and red wire. The top of the figure is wrapped in wire and decorated with leather strands of white beads and a 1946 coin. The limbs are formed by strands of green and red seed beads terminating in large white beads.  
Fertility Figure
20th century
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.342
Carved wooden human figure with a columnar body and limbs. The body is decorated with strands of beads, primarily red, white, and purple. The neck and ankles have multiple strands of yellow beads while one wrist has a metal bracelet. The top of the figure is decorated with human hair. 
Northern Cameroon
Figure
20th century
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.353
Photograph of a headless toy doll, with another smaller doll stuck into its leg socket.
Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American (North American))
Untitled
1959 – 1963
Gift of Two Friends of the Museum
1996/2.42
This drawing is a costume design on an off-white background. The costume has single sleeve, on the right, in the form of a simple grey cord that continues along the neck line of the costume; it is echoed by two grey cords, one at the top and one at the bottom of the narrow white flounce that serves as a skirt. The bodice is orange. 
Georg Kirsta (Russian (culture or style))
Costume for 'Coppelia' by Delibes: Automat
1929
Museum Purchase
1948/1.220
This costume design for a male dancer shows short, pale yellow pants with orange trim, a tight orange shirt or vest, and a light blue jacket with white lapels and brown belt.
Georg Kirsta (Russian (culture or style))
Costume for 'Coppelia' by Delibes: Bauernburschen
1929
Museum Purchase
1948/1.226
This costume design for a male dancer shows short, pale yellow pants with orange trim, a tight white shirt/vest, an orange jacket with white lapels, and a brown and black belt.
Georg Kirsta (Russian (culture or style))
Costume for 'Coppelia' by Delibes: Bauernburschen
1929
Museum Purchase
1948/1.227
This costume design shows a long black dress with a flaring skirt; white polka dots cover only the bottom left side. There is also a brown shawl with white scalloped edges and a bonnet, black inside and brown outside, with a blue feather. 
Georg Kirsta (Russian (culture or style))
Costume for 'Coppelia' by Delibes: Die alten Frauen
1929
Museum Purchase
1948/1.229
Two girls in floral dresses stand on a wooden front porch holding matching dolls.  Both girls stare inquisitively to their right.  Behind them sits a rocking chair and windowsill with lace curtains and a flower box.
Ben Shahn (American (North American))
Daughters of Mr. Thaxton, near Mechanicsburg, OH
1938 – 1995
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Reproduction # (LC USF 33-460 M3 414863)
2013/2.174
A wooden doll with two tiers made up of a head and body with no arms, legs or feet. Painted on the head is a face, hair, and a red headdress. The body has red and tan horizontal stripes on the top and bottom of the body with a cluster of red poppies in the middle.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Kokeshi Doll
1925 – 1975
Gift of Harold W. Stevenson, University of Michigan Professor Emeritus in Psychology
2021/1.132
Loading…