Male Doll with Wampum Belt and Straw Hat

Male Doll with Wampum Belt and Straw Hat

III-L-273

Male doll with carved and painted wooden face wears wampum belt around neck and the remnants of a decomposing straw hat. He is wearing a linen ruffled shirt and faded black blanket with white and blue ribbonwork on edges and two horizontal rows of red ribbon around the middle.

1767-1779

Algonquin

Oka, Quebec

Linen, ribbon, woolen cloth, glass beads, straw (or other vegetable fiber)

One of a set of four dolls attributed to the Algonquin, 1767-79. There must be a reason for the specific dates, but it is not on the online record. See Bo'jou Neejee for history of the Speyer Collection, but these dolls are not included in that exhibit.

45.46675, -74.04921 (N 45°28′00″ W 74°02′57″)

Height 20.5 cm

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