Object Details
Culture/People
Penobscot
Artist/Maker
attributed to Molly Spotted Elk (Molly Nelson Dellis/Mary Alice Nelson Archambaud), Penobscot, 1903-1977
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)
Collection History
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1967; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Date created
1967
Catalog Number
25/6990
Barcode
256990.000
Object Type
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
Object Name
Doll
Media/Materials
Cotton cloth, ribbon, yarn, glass bead/beads, feather/feathers, commercially tanned leather, birchbark
Techniques
Sewn, braided, overlay beadwork
Dimensions
39.6 x 23.5 x 5.8 cm
Place
Maine; USA (inferred)
See related items
Penobscot
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_272875