Cap

About 1900

  • Titles Cap (Descriptive)
  • Medium cotton
  • Dimensions Overall: 4 1/2 x 6 in. (11.4 x 15.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Helen Benedict Byrd in honor of Martha Milner Benedict, 1986.993
  • Work Type cap
  • Classification Costume

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Molded figure of a shepherdess standing in full figure atop an octagonal base with concave corners and highlighted with a brown band and a mound of green ground with a green tree stump as support, the figure wears a yellow gown highlighted with blue and turns toward a small white lamb with brown spots who rests on the top of the stump, her arms encircling it.