Doll

Museum number:
2-71755
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
C72 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4709
Description:
Dakota-Santee doll. Fabric stuffed doll, dressed in leather tunic. Hood had orange-red felt outline. Face made of felt with beaded features. Flat leather hands. Sewn w/ embroidery floss in green and yellow. The tunic at lower edge has a separate piece of leather which might have been furred at one time. Eyes are of blue beads w/ white in center; black beads for eyes and nose and eyebrows, and red for mouth. H = 9.5”
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Nebraska
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, Dakota, Santee
Culture or time period:
Santee Dakota
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
August 1968
Materials:
Leather
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:
Given to Jane Gregory by Marge Shelton (DVDC).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71755, described as Dakota-Santee doll. Fabric stuffed doll, dressed in leather tunic. Hood had orange-red felt outline. Face made of felt with beaded features. Flat leather hands. Sewn w/ embroidery floss in green and yellow. The tunic at lower edge has a separate piece of leather which might have been furred at one time. Eyes are of blue beads w/ white in center; black beads for eyes and nose and eyebrows, and red for mouth. H = 9.5”

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