Corn Husk Doll with Cotton Dress and Shortgown

AMNH_Doll_ 502706.tif

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

Citation

“Corn Husk Doll with Cotton Dress and Shortgown,” Mapping Anishinaabe Regalia, accessed November 13, 2024, https://iris.siue.edu/anishinaaberegalia/items/show/30.