1964.001 (Doll)

Dancer. Kothak; from South India. Handmade. Full pink skirt with silver trim over long yellow silk pants. Long-sleeved gold silk blouse with gold trim. Gold waist-band with long gold apron down front. Light blue silk head scarf trailing to skirt hem. Pearl tiara, necklaces, earrings, and around ankles. Pink oval printed label attached to left ankle: "Hand-made. India. Rs. As., Dancer kathak." Pencilled, "South". Hand-written in ink on reverse side: "Bl, Q2965/7,9.75." Museum catalog nunmber added here. Color: ML