Doll
- Museum number:
- 2-71757
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020071757
- Alternate number:
- C359 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4709
- Description:
- Ojibwa man doll. Ceramic head, legs & arms; wire and cloth body. Molded and painted head and hair; inset beads for eyes. Dressed in tan suede, high mocassins, fringed leggings, breechclout, tunic with lacing at the neck and leather head band. H = 11”.
- Donor:
- Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
- Collection place:
- Ontario, Canada
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Canada, Manitoulin Island [in Lake Huron], Ojibwa
- Culture or time period:
- Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)
- Collector:
- Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
- Collection date:
- 3/25/1979
- Materials:
- Suede
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Dolls (figurines)
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Accession date:
- June 5, 2000
- Context of use:
- Purchased from The Indian Store, Old Town Los Gatos, CA for $25. Note: Manitoulin Island has been home of the Ojibwa for more than 300 years. Costume is that of the 18th century.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)