Female Doll Wearing Strap Dress with Pinked Hem
Title
Female Doll Wearing Strap Dress with Pinked Hem
Identifier
163.E32.A
Description
Cloth doll with face and hair, wearing faded blue strap dress with pinked hem and red straps, sleeves and leggings. Straps and sleeves are trimmed with green seed bead running stitch. Doll also wears strands of blue and yellow seed beads and deerhide and cloth moccasins.
Date Created
1893
Source
Anishinaabe
Spatial Coverage
White Earth, Becker County, Minnesota, United States
Abstract
This doll is paired with male doll 163.E32.B (http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10073382&return=brand%3Dcms%26q%3D163.E32)
Medium
Wool and cotton fabric, cotton tape, glass seed beads, hair (possibly moose), deerhide
Provenance
Collected by Joseph Alexander Gilfillan, Episcopal missionary, while he was stationed among the Anishinaabe of White Earth, MN, 1873-1908.
Subject
fur trade strap dress
Coverage
47.22759, -95.72049 (N 47°13′39″ W 95°43′14″)
Access Rights
Reproductions and rights are managed by the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS). To order a reproduction or gain permission to use this item, follow the link to the MNHS record, then click "Buy" to start the process.
Physical Dimensions
16 7/32 inches length; 6 1/16 inches width; 2 3/4 inches depth
Item Name
doll
Collection
Citation
“Female Doll Wearing Strap Dress with Pinked Hem,” Mapping Anishinaabe Regalia, accessed November 4, 2025, https://iris.siue.edu/anishinaaberegalia/items/show/26.