Female doll

Museum number:
2-71827
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071827
Alternate number:
C60 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4709
Description:
Stuffed cloth doll. Choctaw, cotton embroidery features, embroidery floss hair. Rose colored cotton dress decorated w/ black applique bands. Green, red & white beaded collar. White & black beaded head band & belt, white fabric apron and petticoat. Black fabric boots.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, Choctaw
Culture or time period:
Choctaw
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
October 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines) and Women (female humans)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 5, 2000
Context of use:
Purchased from Choctaw Indian Agency, Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Female doll, accession number 2-71827, described as Stuffed cloth doll. Choctaw, cotton embroidery features, embroidery floss hair. Rose colored cotton dress decorated w/ black applique bands. Green, red & white beaded collar. White & black beaded head band & belt, white fabric apron and petticoat. Black fabric boots.

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