Cloth Doll, Female
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William C. Sturtevant
notes: label: Notes
content: Doll with yarn hair in white dress w/ blue trim and beaded necklace. Tagged as: Native Louisiana Indian Craft made by Rosa J Pierite Choctaw-Tunica Tribe
label: Notes
content: Per Jason Baird Jackson, Mrs. Rosa (Rose) Jackson Pierite identifies her tribal background as Choctaw-Tunica on the tag accompanying the doll. Elsewhere (as in the Louisiana Folklife Center artist profile of Mrs. Pierite's daughter Rose White, also a basketweaver), her tribal heritage has been noted as Choctaw-Biloxi. Mrs. Pierite's husband Joseph Alcide Pierite Sr. was Tunica-Biloxi. See https://jasonbairdjackson.com/2012/05/23/put-a-bird-on-it/ , and http://louisianafolklife.nsula.edu/artist-biographies/profiles/225 .
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jan 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Louisiana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Choctaw
label: Culture
content: Biloxi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2049174
label: USNM Number
content: E437607-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll