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Object Number 42-22-10/24670
Display Title Doll
Descriptions
Object Description Doll made of woven fabric. The very fine doll’s hair is decorated with beadwork and attached to scalp tissue. Visual inspection suggests scalp and hair is human. Reddish to brown hair is attached to the scalp. The two braids are 10 cm. in length and tied with leather. Examination under microscope needs to be done to determine if the hair is from a Native American individual. The waist is also wrapped in a lock of black hair at least half a meter long and tied with a knot.
Inventory Description Doll, fabric with beaded facial features and accessories, metal belt, human hair
Classification
  • Doll
  • Shaft, modified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Additional Geographic Terms Plains?
Dimensions Overall: 29.1 x 11.2 x 3.4 cm (11 7/16 x 4 7/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 42-22-10/24670
Provenance
Collector Alexander s. Porter (1912)
Donor Mrs. William Stanley Parker (26-Jun-42)
Donor Miss Frances R. Porter (June 26, 1942)

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