Navajo medicine man’s twin doll. Two wooden sticks fastened together with green and white yarn; long yellow yarn protruding in opposite directions. Strand of beads warapped around center composed of 2 large green beads and multicolored seed beads. A turkey feather is on top. Faces have pencil dot eyes and mouth on smooth ends, and black-top heads
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, Arizona/New Mexico, Navajo
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
May 1961
Materials:
Feather (material), 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 for sale. Bought at Taos, New Mexico. May depick twin children possessing magical powers over nature.