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Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71818, described as Portrait doll of Mohawk warrior, Joseph Brant. H = 9.5”. Composition doll with molded head & painted features. Hand dressed in “dirty” white leggings to hip, green felt kilt & black wool tunic w/ yellow design. Red “Hudson Bay Blanket” over shoulders. Leather sash. Turkey feather headdress. Necklace of clay, simulating claws, seeds & bones. Blue & white paint on face. On stand inscribed with “Joseph Brant, 1742-1807”.

Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71879, described as Woman doll with baby [souvenir doll]; ceramic or clay head, painted featuers, black mohair hair. Wears fabric headband, blour and skirt, belt petticoat and boots. Blanket baby; head only w/ mohair hair and head band on back, inside blanket. H = 11”

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 2-71880a-f, described as Navajo couple in wagon pulled by two horses, with sheep in wagon bed, all affixed to base. Figures are of unfired clay, wagon, wheels and base are of wood. Four-wheeled wagon is painted green with red wheels. Navajo pair, seated on wagon wearing a combination of painted and fabric clothing; Horses and sheep are painted; sheep is embellished with wool. L = 11” (a) white horse [one leg broken and mended]; (b) brown horse; (c) wagon; (d) sheep; (e) man; (f) woman.

Hearst Museum object titled Male doll, accession number 2-71813, described as Pueblo Indian Drummer; male doll. H = 6.0”. Clay figure dressed in lavender cotton tunic . Has bright leggings & plastic “leather” high boots, cotton heaad band and sash, w/ a balsa wood, painted drum attached to left hand & drumsticks attached to right hand. Features molded & painted. Black yarn hair on own base.

Hearst Museum object titled Male doll, accession number 2-71807, described as Cherokee Sequoia male doll. Made of wire armnature, nylon wrapped. Head of molded clay. Dressed in dark-brown leather moccasins, trousers, and a multi-colored, striped shirt and turban. Has black yarn hair & carries a pipe in hand. Belt madeof same fabric as shirt & fringed w/ yellow yarn. H = 11.5”.

Hearst Museum object titled Male doll, accession number 1-259498, described as Cahuilla effigy doll (male). Clay with pinched-out nose and round goggle eyes, incised with slits. Body, arms and legs flat and rigid. Skirt of shredded maple bark, earrings and necklace of red/yellow seed beads. Face and body decorated with rest-red designs. H = 12”