doll, male

doll, male

doll, male

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Introduction

Male doll. Originally paired with a female doll 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
Techniques or Format

Note that the side seams of the sleeves of the calico shirt are cut into fringes. (Note that in the other pair (1922 donation), the woman's dress of the same cloth as this one does not have fringes on the sleeves, but the male doll's shirt in that set does have fringes)

Other Notes

This doll comes from the second donation which came in 1930. Doll said to have been made about 1910 or earlier. Same cloth used on the shirt as in the doll attributed to Margaret Elliot.

Dimensions: 34.5 × 0 × 0 cm
Condition: Good, fading in the textiles
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: HD10378
Collection at Current Location: Evelyn Johnson/Chiefswood Collection
GKS Reference Number: 27327
How to Cite this Item

Margaret Elliott, doll, male. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, HD10378. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip October 2014; GRASAC item id 27327

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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