toy box (pastimes: toys)

The bottom half of a turned wooden doll. The doll depicts the Cossak Yermak Timofeyevich. The doll is painted, apart from the underside of the base. The interior of the doll is the lower part of a bearded man in armour holding a sword. A shield is attached to his arm which has a face on its front. Label: one black exhibition label, printed.

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