Object Details
Culture/People
Seminole
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
Collector
Edith M. Boehmer, Non-Indian, 1905-1990
IACB source
Edith M. Boehmer, Non-Indian, 1905-1990
Collection History
Collected by Edith Boehmer (1905-1990, teacher in Seminole schools and one of the founders of the Seminole Craft Guild) and donated to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1966; 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
1963-1966
Catalog Number
25/9907
Barcode
259907.000
Object Type
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
Object Name
Troll doll in Seminole dress
Media/Materials
Plastic doll, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, rickrack
Techniques
Commercially produced/manufactured, sewn, strung
Dimensions
9.2 x 4.9 x 13.8 cm
Place
Florida; USA (inferred)
See related items
Seminole
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_275996