Doll

Museum number:
2-71768
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
C59A (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4709
Description:
Wichita indian man doll. Cloth doll with embroidered features, black yarn hair done in 3 braids, two of which are tied with red; scalp braid tied w/ yellow. Blue paint on face. Dressed in leather mocassins with fringe on heels, and decorated w/ blue beads. White cloth leggings with blue stripe down outside. Red breechclout lined w/ navy blue and beaded. Light blue tunic/shirt, w/ yellow yarn sleeve bands and orange yarn belt. Chain earrings. H = 12”.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Southern Plains, Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, Wichita
Culture or time period:
Wichita
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
July 1966
Materials:
Leather, Paint (coating), 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 Oklahoma Indian Arts and Crafts, Anadarko, Oklahoma for $13.60. Wichita is a Caddoan tribe under Hokan-Siouxan.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71768, described as Wichita indian man doll. Cloth doll with embroidered features, black yarn hair done in 3 braids, two of which are tied with red; scalp braid tied w/ yellow. Blue paint on face. Dressed in leather mocassins with fringe on heels, and decorated w/ blue beads. White cloth leggings with blue stripe down outside. Red breechclout lined w/ navy blue and beaded. Light blue tunic/shirt, w/ yellow yarn sleeve bands and orange yarn belt. Chain earrings. H = 12”.

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