Doll Representing Man, "Gaya Da'"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Aug 1940
name: label: Collector
content: John W. Fenton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William N. Fenton
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Dressed after the fashion of Handsome Lake's followers during longhouse festivals of the period, in plain white cotton shirt, black beaded leggings and brown cloth moccasins. Corn husk head with human hair attached. Doll has no face. Seneca dolls have no faces unless used for witchcraft."
label: Notes
content: The Longhouse Religion is the popular name of the religious movement also known as The Code of Handsome Lake or Gaihwi:io/Gaihwiyo (Good Message or Good Word), founded in 1799 by the Seneca prophet Handsome Lake (Sganyodaiyo).
label: Notes
content: Information in accession file indicates doll was made about 1890 by Lucy Snow of the Hawk clan of Coldspring settlement and presented to the donor's father John William Fenton.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Coldspring Settlement, Allegany Reservation, New York, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), Seneca (Onödowá'ga:')
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 157457
label: USNM Number
content: E380991-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll