Doll, Lacrosse Player
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 May 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Ms. E. B. Kavasch
label: Donor Name
content: Sites Native Harvests
notes: label: Notes
content: LACROSSE PLAYER DOLL MADE BY THE SKYE FAMILY, MOHAWK, SIX NATIONS RESERVE, CANADA. CONSTRUCTED OF DRIED CORN HUSKS DRESSED IN TRADITION IROQUOIS LACROSSE OUTFIT OF MOCCASINS, BREECH CLOTH, AND HEADBAND MADE OF COMMERCIALLY TANNED SKIN, ARM BANDS, WAIST BAND, AND LEG BANDS MADE OF SYNTHETIC FIBER YARN IN VARIOUS SHADES OF BLUE. BLACK SYNTHETIC FIBER YARN BRAIDED HAIR. BREECH CLOTH HAS BEADWORK DESIGN OF MEDIUM BLUE, TURQUOISE, AND WHITE GLASS SEED BEADS STITCHED ONTO FRONT FLAP WITH NYLON THREAD. HEADDRESS ROACH MADE OF RABBIT FUR WITH THREE BLACK GLASS SEED BEADS AND FEATHERS (BROKEN?) GLUED TO WHITE SYNTHETIC FOAM PINNED TO HEAD WITH WHITE METAL STRAIGHT PINS. DOLL HOLDS LACROSSE STICK (BALL GAME STICK) MADE OF VARNISHED WOOD WITH WHITE AND BROWN COTTON THREAD NET. DOLL NAILED BY ONE FOOT TO PAPER BIRCH LOG BASE SIGNED "SKYE'S CORN HUSK DOLL-SIX NATIONS INDIAN RESERVE, CANADA" ON BOTTOM IN INK. COLLECTED BY MS. E. BARRIE KAVASCH OF BRIDGE WATER, CT IN 1983 AND DONATED TO SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBIT SERVICES (SITES) FOR NATIVE HARVESTS EXHIBIT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), Mohawk (Kanienʼkehá꞉ka)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378691
label: USNM Number
content: E430156-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14 cm