Casgliadau Arlein

Cloth costume doll from Tunisia

Cloth doll. Body and limbs are stuffed cloth, hands square with stiched fingers. Wooden head covered with cloth with stiched eyes showing through the black 'yashmak', tape binding knotted at the back over pink cotton cloth head covering. The whole covered by flowing white cotton garment, pinned to front of head and attached to over skirt. Wearing baggy white thick cotton trousers, pale blue patterned short shirt with puffed sleeves and long net trim.

Part of the Edward Lovett collection of dolls