Doll
- Museum number:
- 2-71818
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020071818
- Alternate number:
- C154 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4709
- Description:
- 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”.
- Donor:
- Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
- Collection place:
- Canada
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Canada, Ontario, Mohawk. Made by Kashi Carter
- Culture or time period:
- Mohawk
- Maker or artist:
- Kashi Carter
- Collector:
- Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
- Collection date:
- August 1972
- Materials:
- Clay, Feather (material), Leather, Paint (coating), and Wool (textile)
- 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:
- Made for sale. Bought from Upper Canada Village, Ontario. Portrait of famous Indian that sided with British against French in the Revolution. Erected first Episcopal Church in Upper Canada.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Images:
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