Doll

Museum number:

2-71888

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21020071888

Alternate number:

C458 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.4709

Description:

Fabric, male doll, dressed in brown suede shirt, leggings, headband and boots. Cardboard shield. Stick spear with tin point. Mounted on wooden base. Mohair hair. Feather in headband. Spear and shield decorated with red yarn streamers and white feathers. Face is fabric w/ painted features. H - 9”

Donor:

Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory

Collection place:

Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico

Verbatim coll. place:

USA, New Mexico, Mescalero Apache

Culture or time period:

Mescalero Apache

Collector:

Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory

Collection date:

2/28/1982

Materials:

Feather (material), Suede, Wood (plant material), 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:

Made by Indians near Roswell, New Mexico

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)