Female Doll Wearing Strap Dress with Large Straps

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Title

Female Doll Wearing Strap Dress with Large Straps

Identifier

10000.381

Description

Cloth doll with face drawn on wears dark blue wool strap dress with same color sleeves and leggings. The straps of the dress are very large and terminate at the front in a V shape. The dress, straps and leggings are trimmed with white seed beads. The sleeves and leggings also have ribbon trim. The doll wears a multistrand necklace of black cut beads.

Date Created

1899, before

Source

Anishinaabe

Spatial Coverage

Mille Lacs, Minnesota

Medium

Wool fabric, silk ribbon, glass seed and cut beads, deerhide.

Provenance

Collected by Jeannette and Harry Ayer at what is now the Mille Lac Indian Trading Post Museum, 43411 Oodena Dr. Onamia, MN 56359.

Is Part Of

Jeannette and Harry Ayer Collection

Subject

fur trade strap dress

Coverage

46.10722, -93.71611 (N 46°06′26″ W 93°42′58″)

Access Rights

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Citation

“Female Doll Wearing Strap Dress with Large Straps,” Mapping Anishinaabe Regalia, accessed November 12, 2024, https://iris.siue.edu/anishinaaberegalia/items/show/27.