Male doll

Museum number:
1-259498
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Alternate number:
C570 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4709
Description:
Cahuilla effigy doll (male). Clay with pinched-out nose and round goggle eyes, incised with slits. Body, arms and legs flat and rigid. Skirt of shredded maple bark, earrings and necklace of red/yellow seed beads. Face and body decorated with rest-red designs. H = 12”
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Southwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, California, Cahuilla. Made by William Pink.
Culture or time period:
Cahuilla and Cupeno
Maker or artist:
William Pink
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
October 1991
Materials:
Bark (plant material), Clay, Maple (wood), and Paint (coating)
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 from Pacific West Traders for $187.50
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Male doll, accession number 1-259498, described as Cahuilla effigy doll (male). Clay with pinched-out nose and round goggle eyes, incised with slits. Body, arms and legs flat and rigid. Skirt of shredded maple bark, earrings and necklace of red/yellow seed beads. Face and body decorated with rest-red designs. H = 12”

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