Male Cahuilla bird dancer doll. Plastic with molded and painted features, long black hair; barefoot. Dressed in blue jeans and multicolored shirt with sequin, bead and ribbon decoration. Headband is of same fabric as shirt. Holds rattle made of wood bead, peg and white leather. (a) doll, (b) rattle
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Thermal, Coachella Valley, Riverside County
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, California, Cahuilla, Made by Hazel Duro of Thermal, CA.
Culture or time period:
Cahuilla
Maker or artist:
Hazel Duro
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
2/14/93
Materials:
Leather, Plastic (organic material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines) and Men (male humans)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 5, 2000
Context of use:
Purchased at Malki Museum, Morongo Reservation, near Banning, CA.