Blackfoot man doll. Fabric, stuffed doll with embroidered features. White leather mocassins, beaded w/ blue/white circular design. Green/white bat-winged pants, white/green kilt style breechclout, multicolored shirt, yellow/white braided belt. Black yarn hair, braided w/white leather strips. White feather in hair. H = 13”.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Alberta, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada, Blackfoot. Made by Julia Wright
Culture or time period:
Blackfoot
Maker or artist:
Julia Wright
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
July 21, 1995
Materials:
Feather (material), Leather, and Yarn
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 at Glenbow Museum in Calgary, canada for $80.00Canadian. Shop buyer noted that another dollmaker named Rachel, also made dolls like this one and that it is hard to distinguish between them, but this one is definitely made by Julia.