Female Doll Wearing Hide Strap Dress Ensemble
Title
Female Doll Wearing Hide Strap Dress Ensemble
Identifier
10000.383
Description
Leather doll wearing home cured deerhide strap dress and sleeves with black woolen cloth leggings, yarn belt, and deerhide moccasins. The dress and sleeves are trimmed with pinking and fringing. The leggings are trimmed with ribbon and blue seed beads.
Date Created
1925
Source
Anishinaabe
Spatial Coverage
Mille Lacs, Minnesota
Abstract
This doll is paired with male doll 10000.1248 (http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10257324&return=brand%3Dcms%26q%3D10000.1248) and both are shown in MNHS photograph #35827 (see relation)
Medium
Deerhide, woolen cloth, glass seed beads, ribbon, woolen yarn, hair.
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
Part of the Jeannette and Harry Ayer Collection.
Subject
hide strap dress
References
Willmott, Cory. 2021. Decolonizing the Museum to Reclaim and Revitalize the Anishinaabe Strap Dress. Winterthur Portfolio 55(2/3): 121-85
Coverage
46.10722, -93.71611 (N 46°06′26″ W 93°42′58″)
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 17/32 inches length
Item Name
doll
Institution URL
http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10257314&return=brand%3Dcms%26q%3D10000.383
Geoname URL
https://www.geonames.org/12217948/mille-lacs-indian-reservation.html
Collection
Citation
“Female Doll Wearing Hide Strap Dress Ensemble,” Mapping Anishinaabe Regalia, accessed November 4, 2025, https://iris.siue.edu/anishinaaberegalia/items/show/29.