MATRIOSHKA (NESTING DOLLS)
Creator(s): Tengushevo Factory (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
Brightly painted in a traditional folk style. Yellow head kerchief, round face, blouse and apron in off-white with pink dots, one large red flower, two smaller yellow flowers, back of dress and rim at base are solid red with yellow band separating two. Inside six dolls, progressively smaller, painted with slight variations of the above, smallest doll solid red.
- Object name:
- MATRIOSHKA (NESTING DOLLS)
- Made from:
- Wood
- Made in:
- USSR: Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Tengushevo
- Date made:
- 1988
- Size:
- 16.5 x 7.6 cm (6 1/2 x 3 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 34.76.1-13
- Class:
- WOOD
- Signature marks:
- LABEL paper label: MMP Mordousk ASSR Tengushevo Village Tengushevo Factory, Article N-5-55 594 Price 8-50 Quality Grade 1 TU 414-5-81
- Credit line:
- Anonymous Gift, 1988