Doll
- Object Name:
- Doll
- Object ID:
- 1966.573
- Creator:
- Probably Maliseet (Abenaki)
- Date:
- 1850
- Description:
- Stick doll. Native American. Wood, silk, wool, beads. Wooden head with simple carved eyes and nose. Body firm, but wrapped with textile. Two articulated stiff legs that pivot at hip. Wrapped, knee-high, dark brown stockings around legs. Textile skirt front with red, green, blue, and possibly yellow horizontal bands. Long dress extends over shoulders and tied at waist, then wraps slightly over front panel on left and right sides. It extends below front panel. Dress material very fine with multiple colors in vertical and horizontal stripes; green, yellow, red, and blues. Sleeves over stub arms. V-neck blouse over light brown striped textile. Metal foil decoration below chin inside V-neck. Two metal foil bands around top of sleeves. Red hat with blue trim. Upward, slightly-curved panel on front of hat. Blue arc over top of that extending down over shoulders to part of back. Elongated red panel on back within blue edging. Two glass bead arcs on front panel of hat.
- Material:
- Wood
Textile
Wool
Silk
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-7.7 W-3.1 D-0.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Native Americans, Dolls
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