Corn Husk Doll with Tailored Shortgown and Wrap Around Skirt

Corn Husk Doll with Tailored Shortgown and Wrap Around Skirt

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Female corn husk doll with human or animal hair wears tailored white shortgown over wrap around skirt with white linear beadwork trim at hem. She also wears leggings with linear beadwork, and deer hide mocassins. She is accompanied by a wooden cradleboard with a woolen wrapper with white linear beadwork.

Betsy Turkey, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)

1840

Onondaga Tuscarora

Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario, Canada

Written on back of cradleboard it says: “Made in 1840 by Betsy Turkey for Miss Emily S. Howells at Onondaga Tuscarora Parsonage, Canada West.”

Gift of Miss Evelyn H.C. Johnson; The Chiefswood Collection

43.05011, -80.08295 (N 43°03′00″ W 80°04′59″)

45 x 15.5 cm

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