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Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Place of Origin:
Wisconsin, USA
Date Made or Date Range:
1885
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Materials
leather, wool cloth, ribbon, beads, yarn
Techniques or Format
The doll is dressed in a long sleeved leather shirt, slit down the front for neck opening, bottom edged in pink. The shirt has set-in sleeves and fringes at armhole and shoulder seam. The breechcloth is of black wool cloth with bright pink ribbons and turquoise beads on the back. The trousers or leggings are fringed along sides of legs. The moccasins are fringed with remnants of bead decoration The doll's facial features are undefined, save for a slightly shaped nose, faint scratch marks in the eye area and a red splotch on the forehead. The sash is of simple knotted strands of red, green and light gray yarn.
Dimensions:
0 × 4 × 10 in
Condition:
Doll is contained in a plastic bag with some sawdust stuffing which has come out. Most of the doll's long black hair is lost.
Provenance
Current Location:
Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
81.13
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1981
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context:
1949
Collection Narratives and Histories
Formerly in the collection of: Ms. Louise Stegner, Omaha, Nebraska, 1949.
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
24922
Approximate Place of Origin