Figurines

Museum number:
2-68155
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4031
Description:
Two dolls in Native American Indian costumes sitting on a wooden bench playing turtle shell rattles; mounted on wood base. Dolls made of corn husks with cotton yarn hair; clothing made of leather and cotton cloth with glass seed bead trim; feather headdresses; turtle shell rattles made of wood.
Donor:
Charlotte Green
Collection place:
Eastern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; North America
Culture or time period:
Eastern Woodland tribes
Collector:
Charlotte Green
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
Base:— width 13.5 centimeters, Figurines:— height 23 centimeters, Base:— length 41 centimeters, and Base:— length 1.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figurines, accession number 2-68155, described as Two dolls in Native American Indian costumes sitting on a wooden bench playing turtle shell rattles; mounted on wood base. Dolls made of corn husks with cotton yarn hair; clothing made of leather and cotton cloth with glass seed bead trim; feather headdresses; turtle shell rattles made of wood.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurines, accession number 2-68155, described as Two dolls in Native American Indian costumes sitting on a wooden bench playing turtle shell rattles; mounted on wood base. Dolls made of corn husks with cotton yarn hair; clothing made of leather and cotton cloth with glass seed bead trim; feather headdresses; turtle shell rattles made of wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurines, accession number 2-68155, described as Two dolls in Native American Indian costumes sitting on a wooden bench playing turtle shell rattles; mounted on wood base. Dolls made of corn husks with cotton yarn hair; clothing made of leather and cotton cloth with glass seed bead trim; feather headdresses; turtle shell rattles made of wood.

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