Healing doll
date: label: Date
content: 1880s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: Hand-carved wooden doll. Figure has human-like body, with carved legs, a head, and arms. Figure's arms are conncected to body using nails at shoulders. Arms have ability to move forward and backward. Figure appears to have some sort of headwear carved in to the top of the figures head. A rusted nail protrudes out of the figures mouth area.
place: label: Cultural Place
content: Georgia, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Folklife
label: Topic
content: Religion
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.312.10
objectType: label: Type
content: voodoo dolls
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood, metal
label: Dimensions
content: 8 5/8 × 2 3/8 × 1 7/8 in. (21.9 × 6 × 4.8 cm)