Emigrant’s doll
| Emigrant’s doll | |
|---|---|
| Contact | museums@eu-lac.org |
| Author | eulac3d |
| Publisher | EULAC |
| Size | cm x cm x cm |
| Type | 3D Object |
| Format | text/plain Alias/WaveFront Object |
| Country | Scotland |
| Museum | Shetland Museum and Archive |
Around 1900 hundreds of Shetlanders left their native home. It was a time of hardship but also opportunity. People settled elsewhere in Britain, or further afield in the world. This doll belonged to a girl in a seaport where islanders settled as mariners and domestic servants. On the Move gallery SPO 1990.427