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Object Number
995-29-10/74589
Display Title
Female doll
Descriptions
Object Description
Full figure female doll made of brown palmetto. Body is a straight stuffed column with round head and no arms or legs. Figure wears black bonnet, orange and blue bead necklace, red cape with yellow trim, and white long skirt with a green and two orange bands halfway down and blue trim. Both cape and skirt have extensive decorations in rickrack in white, green, black, purple, burgundy, or yellow.
For an almost identical doll, made by Mary Tiger, Mikasuki, in 1963, see Myles Libhart, 1989, To Dress with Great Care: Contemporary American Indian and Eskimo Doll Artists of the United States, American Indian Art Magazine 14 (2): Fig. 2.
Inventory Description
Doll, female figure, vegetable fiber body, dress/shawl w/ rickrack, bead neckla
Classification
- Doll
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960-1971
Culture
- Seminole
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Florida
Dimensions
Overall: 29 x 17.5 x 12 cm (11 7/16 x 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/74589
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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