American Indian doll w/cradle board. Woven, wicker and reed cradle board w/ elaborately woven sun shade. Lashings are leather and reed. Cloth doll w/ woden head is tied to the board. She ahs black button eyes, black string hairl and wears a long dress of red & white cotton print. Laced to board w/ multi colored band. H=8.5”.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Great Basin, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, probably Northern Paiute [close relatives of the Mono]
Culture or time period:
Northern Paiute
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
1970
Materials:
Leather, Wicker, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines) and Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling