Doll
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 May 1990
label: Collection Date
content: Oct 1937
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Betty J. Meggers
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Betty J. Meggers
notes: label: Notes
content: Male figure of stuffed cloth with black wool braided hair, beaded feather headdress. Facial features sketched in ink. Black cotton tunic with black velvet sleeves, decorated with red ribbon and multi-colored beads. Black velvet apron with green ribbon trim and intricate floral bead design. Black velvet pants with geometric banded beads on sides. Buckskin beaded moccasins. Purchased by donor from Chippewa Indian Reservation, Cass Lake, MN. Dermestid casings found on doll. Purchased for $7.50/pr. One of a pair with #424878. Reported to have been made by a woman living where Mississippi R. flows into Cass Lake.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Sep 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cass Lake, Leech Lake Reservation, Minnesota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 374095
label: USNM Number
content: E424877-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 48 cm