"Fashion" Doll wearing Wrap-Around Skirt and Shortgown

"Fashion" Doll wearing Wrap-Around Skirt and Shortgown

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"Queen Anne" style fashion doll dating from the early 19th century wears wrap-around skirt of extrafine brown broadcloth (typically only worn by wealthy members of fur trade families) decorated with multicolored tiny beads in a zig zag motif, a brocade waist with an undershirt or vest that matches the skirt in materials and motifs. The doll has a felt hat and birch bark purse as accessories and she is wearing deerhide moccasins with multicolored floral beadwork decorations.

1800-1830

Abenaki or Malecite

Quebec - Abenakis de Wolinak (Becancour) on a reserve near Trois-Rivieres, Quebec (possibly Odanac, at Pierreville)

This doll had provenance that said only "Quebec." Consultations with experts and comparative collection research suggested the current attributions of Abenaki or Malecite from the Trois-Rivieres region, c.1800-1830. While not iron-clad, these attributions are based on knowledgeable expertise and rigorous research.

Brown extrafine broadcloth skirt, tiny multicolored glass seed beads, brocade linen waist, felt hat, deerhide moccasins and birchbark purse.

southern style

Willmott, Cory. 2021. Decolonizing the Museum to Reclaim and Revitalize the Anishinaabe Strap Dress. Winterthur Portfolio 55(2/3): 121-85.

Heritage Item

46.32533, -72.42303 (N 46°19′31″ W 72°25′23″)

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