Female doll

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Object Details

Culture/People

Seneca [Cattaraugus]

Previous owner

Charles W. Hutchinson (Charles Webster Hutchinson), Non-Indian, 1826-1896

Collection History

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Charles W. Hutchinson (1826-1896, a Utica, New York, banker, railroad owner, and collector); purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1930.

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Catalog Number

17/6001

Barcode

176001.000

Object Type

Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

Object Name

Female doll

Media/Materials

Cornhusk, cotton cloth, wool cloth, ribbon, glass bead/beads, hide, hair, unknown stuffing, paint

Techniques

Sewn, overlay beadwork, edge beaded, stuffed, painted

Place

Cattaraugus Reservation; Erie County, Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County; New York; USA

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Seneca [Cattaraugus]

Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62623bada-f9f6-4c85-95fd-8f082fa72eb3

Record ID

NMAI_188398