Wooden doll
date: label: Date
content: 1900s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: Hand-carved wooden "Voodoo doll" associated with the Gullah culture. Figure has carved legs, head, and arms. Figures arms are carved into side and are not completely separate. Figure has carved face, including teeth. Figure appears to be carved from single piece of wood. Wood has vertical crack at torso area.
place: label: Place collected
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
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: 2014.312.64
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 15/16 × 1 11/16 × 1 in. (20.2 × 4.3 × 2.5 cm)