Doll
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Oct 1881
name: label: Donor Name
content: Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "PEOPLE: SIOUX? *PLAINS (J.C.EWERS 1984). REMARKS: *SINCE NO INFORMATION AT ALL IS AVAILABLE CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF THESE DOLLS [E58618-0 and E58618-1] AND THERE IS NO DEFINITIVE EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE SIOUX, THE DESIGNATION 'PLAINS' IS MORE ACCURATE UNTIL FURTHER INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. ONE [female] DOLL [E58618-0] CLOTHED ONLY IN LEGGINGS AND MOCCASINS. MOCS ARE DECORATED WITH A GREEN, BLACK AND RED CROSS DESIGN ON A WHITE BACKGROUND. LEGGINGS ARE DYED YELLOW (NOW FADED), WITH A BLUE AND WHITE BEADED BORDER AND UNDECORATED LEGGING TABS. THE DOLL IS WEARING A NECKLACE OF 7 STRANDS, AND A ROW OF WHITE BEADS OUTLINE THE HEAD. THE DOLL HAS 2 LONG BRAIDS OF HUMAN HAIR, ONE TIED WITH GREEN YARN. THE DOLL IS 11 1/4 - 11 1/2" LONG. THE PLAID PRINTED COTTON DRESS FOR THIS DOLL HAS BEEN LOCATED. IT WAS [formerly] T-1798. (F. PICKERING 12/11/1987)"
label: Notes
content: From T-number card for dress: "Doll Dress. Found [in collection] 11/30/1978. Size L. appx. 22 cm. Plaid printed cotton, made on same lines as typical cloth dresses from the Plains area. Badly worn and discolored."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Oct 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Plains Northern, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin) (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 81A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E58618-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length - Object
content: 29.2 cm