Corn Husk Doll with Cotton Dress and Shortgown
Title
Corn Husk Doll with Cotton Dress and Shortgown
Identifier
50.2/ 706
Description
Doll wears peaked hood, cotton print skirt and blouse with short waist over top of it all.
Date Created
1917
Source
Abenaki, Penobscot
Spatial Coverage
Penobscot Island Indian Reservation
Abstract
Abenaki are not federally recognized, and so they have become absorbed into other members of the Wabanaki Confederacy (Penobscot, Maliseets, Passamaquody, Micmac).
Medium
Corn husk doll, cotton print dress and leggings, cotton shortgown, wool fabric hood with ribbon trim, hair, deerhide moccasins.
Provenance
Collected by Frank Speck in 1917 on collecting and ethnographic expedition.
Subject
southern style
References
Exhibition History: WOMEN OF THE DAWN. ABBE MUSEUM, BAR HARBOR, ME. July 2001 - September 2002
Coverage
45.4697, -68.67247 (N 45°28′11″ W 68°40′21″)
Access Rights
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Physical Dimensions
L:49 W:20 H:6 (in CM)
Item Name
doll
Institution URL
Collection
Citation
“Corn Husk Doll with Cotton Dress and Shortgown,” Mapping Anishinaabe Regalia, accessed November 4, 2025, https://iris.siue.edu/anishinaaberegalia/items/show/30.