Ojibwa woman doll. Body of heavy suede leather, painted features, black yarn hair in braids. Clothing decorated with white rabbit fur jabot, cuffs, belt and anklets, leather, beaded headband witha green feather. H = 9”
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada, Ojibwa
Culture or time period:
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
03/08/1980
Materials:
Feather (material), Leather, Paint (coating), Rabbit fur, Suede, and Yarn
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:
Purchased from Stevie’s Treasure House of Worldly Wares in Calistoga, CA for $8.50. Donor notes that the clothing is very much like the Eskimo of the Northland, rather than the Great Lakes Ojibwa.