N. Paiute doll. Wooden bead headed doll, painted features, black mohjair hair is in 2 braids with “silver” conchos front and back, and feather in hair. Body is pipe cleaners w/ white crocheted clothers, including fringe. Beaded designs at neck and on crocheted mocassins; belt [red] w/ “silver” conchos. Carries piper cleaner & paper tomahawk. H 4.5”.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Warm Springs Reservation, Warm Springs, Oregon
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, Oregon, Northern Paiute, Warm Springs
Culture or time period:
Northern Paiute
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
5/4/1991
Materials:
Paper (fiber product) and Silver (metal)
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 at San Juan Bautista Indian Fair for $10. Stall owner said it was made by a woman on the Warm Springs Reservations [Note: there are at least 5 tribes on this reservation; Paiute predominate.]