doll with cradleboard

doll with cradleboard

doll with cradleboard

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Female doll with cradleboard. Originally paired with a male doll (GKS #27327) wearing clothes of the same fabric. Made for Miss Evelyn Johnson by her aunt Mrs. Margaret Elliott of Six Nations, her father George Martin Johnson's sister.

Name of Maker(s): Margaret Elliott
Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

Made for Miss Evelyn Johnson by her aunt Mrs. Margaret Elliott of Six Nations.

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

Made for Miss Evelyn Johnson by her aunt Mrs. Margaret Elliott of Six Nations.

Place of Origin: Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Date Made or Date Range: 19 C to Early 20 C
Other Notes

This doll accompanies the male doll HD12700 series. It was also made for Miss Evelyn Johnson by her aunt Mrs. Margaret Elliott (George Johnson had a sister named Margaret, there are Elliotts at Six Nations not related to Reverend Elliott so she wasn't part of Evelyn's mother's sister Eliza Elliott's family)

Dimensions: 36 × 0 × 0 cm
Condition: Good, but colours faded, can see original purple colour of the textile on the underside of the shirt worn by the doll
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Doll said to have been made about 1910 or earlier.

Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: HD12701
Collection at Current Location: Evelyn Johnson/Chiefswood Collection
GKS Reference Number: 27325
How to Cite this Item

Margaret Elliott, doll with cradleboard. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, HD12701. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip October 2014; GRASAC item id 27325.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

Source of Information about Places

Made for Miss Evelyn Johnson by her aunt Mrs. Margaret Elliott of Six Nations.

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