Male doll, made of cloth. Rigid standing figure with black hair tied in a bun; floral pattern headband; handpainted facial features; sequin decoration on blouse; multicolored seed bead necklace, white blouse held in place with gold embroidered belt/waistband; white trousers; red sandals.
Donor:
Silvia Lane
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Silvia Lane
Collection date:
ca. 1958
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Context of use:
Prof. Lane says that the dolls were gifts from her Hopi babysitter".