Doll
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 May 1990
label: Collection Date
content: Jul 1941
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Betty J. Meggers
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Betty J. Meggers
notes: label: Notes
content: Male figure. A character doll representing "Blue Hair." According to the maker, the doll represents a Ponca medicine man. Made of stuffed cloth, drawn and painted facial features. Grey wool hair, headband of multi-colored yarn belt and armband, metal bracelets. Black scarf around neck. Black cotton breechcloth with yellow trim and beads (front), green, purple, red trim (back). Yellow wool leggings with navy edging. Buckskin beaded medicine bag containing calico bundle filed with tobacco, painted feather stuck in. Purchased for $1.50 by donor from Mrs. O.D. (Pauline) Lewis of Shawnee, OK. Mrs. Lewis identified herself as half Sauk and Fox, and according to her, the doll represents a Kickapoo.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Jan 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ponca
label: Culture
content: Sac and Fox (Sauk/Thakiwaki & Meskwaki)
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: E424905-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 24 cm