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doll in cradleboard with mother and father doll, collected by Arthur Speyer, 1788, probably made by Jeune Lorette, Huron-Wendat (Huron), Quebec, 1700s.

Nation of Maker: Huron-Wendat
Nation of Origin

Catalog card notes "Huron, probably Jeune Lorette, Quebec, 1788"
museum documentation

Place of Origin: Québec, QC
Date Made or Date Range: 1700s to 1788
Materials

Wood, corn husk, human hair, printed cotton cloth, wampum,

Techniques or Format

The hands are well defined and articulated in the Huron-Wendat dolls and they have wooden heads, whereas Haudenausaunee dolls fingers are not articulated and the heads are not wood.
The cradle board has a wood back with a deeply-notched upper edge, with separate additions of bow and back brace. There is a curved wood splint at the base and front. The baby is carved from wood, with red and black painting, and a necklace of alternated black and white cylindrical glass beads. The doll is wrapped in a printed cotton cloth.

Condition: Poor
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

museum documentation

Current Location: Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-H-431
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1788
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Arthur Speyer
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1788
GKS Reference Number: 24923
How to Cite this Item

Item to be cited by catalog number, collection and institution.

Record Creation Context

19/06/08 CMC

Approximate Place of Origin

46.8139, -71.208

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