Doll
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 May 1990
label: Collection Date
content: May 1940
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Betty J. Meggers
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Betty J. Meggers
notes: label: Notes
content: Female figure, body of stuffed cloth, clay head, sculpted and painted face, braided human hair tied with red wool. Beaded buckskin dress and poncho. Light tan skirt fringed at bottom . Belt of woven beads. Buckskin boots, beaded and fringed. Original tag names Leona Tiger as maker, source of doll as Haskall Institute, Lawrence, Kansas. Purchased from Dept. of Commerce Indian Store for $4.75.
label: Notes
content: Per Jason Baird Jackson, the maker of this doll, Leona Tiger, who is identified in donor records as Creek, may be Euchee, or Creek and Euchee. See "Frank G. Speck Visits the Euchee, Stockbridge, and Seneca Students at Haskell in 1939-1940" by Jason Baird Jackson, July 2, 2020, https://jasonbairdjackson.com/2020/07/02/frank-g-speck-visits-the-euchee-stockbridge-and-seneca-students-at-haskell-in-1939-1940/
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Aug 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lawrence, District Of Columbia / Kansas, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Creek (Muscogee; Mvskoke)
label: Culture
content: Yuchi (Euchee) (?)
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: E424895-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 33 cm