Doll Female Dress
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Feb 1902
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. George B. Goode
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Sarah F. Goode
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "COMMERCIALLY-MADE DOLL, WAX FACE, GLASS EYES, HUMAN HAIR, COMPOSITION HANDS. COSTUME: CLOTH, RIBBON, BEADS. THE DOLL WEARS A HANDSEWN "NATIVE" COSTUME, POSSIBLY MICMAC, COMPOSED OF SHIRT, JACKET, LEGGINGS, MOCCASINS, BLANKET ROBE, NECKLACES, EARRINGS, AND GIRDLE. THE SKIRT IS OF BLACK WOOL WITH A BORDER OF RIBBON APPLIQUE IN GOLD, BLUE, RED, BUFF, & GREEN SILK. THE TOP OF THE SKIRT, WHICH IS MADE LIKE A TUBE, FOLDS OVER A GIRDLE OF BLUE & BLACK RIBBON, ABOVE THE WAIST. THE HEM OF THIS FOLD IS ALSO DECORATED WITH RIBBON APPLIQUE. THE JACKET IS OF BLACK PRINTED COTTON WITH BLACK RIBBON APPLIQUE AT THE CUFFS & RED RIBBON APPLIQUE BORDERS. THE FASTENERS ARE METAL SEQUINS WITH BEADS IN THEIR CENTERS. THE BLANKET-ROBE IS OF RED WOOL WITH DEEP BORDERS OF RIBBON APPLIQUE, IN BLACK, GOLD, PEACH (?) RED, GREEN, & BUFF. LEGGINGS ARE OF RED WOOL BORDERED WITH SIMILAR RIBBON APPLIQUE. MOOSEHIDE MOCCASINS, WITH BEADED VAMPS. HAIR WORN TIED AT BACK WITH RED RIBBON. METALLIC-BEAD LOOPED EARRINGS, & NECKLACES OF FOUR TYPES OF GLASS BEADS. THERE IS NO "TRADITIONAL" 19TH-CENTURY PEAKED CAP (SEE DOLL 30849), NOR ARE THERE SUSPENDER TABS OR A TOBACCO POUCH, ALL PART OF A MICMAC WOMAN'S COSTUME OF THAT PERIOD. POSSIBLY MICMAC." RUTH H. WHITEHEAD, 12/4/1978 NOVA SCOTIA MUSEUM."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Micmac (Mi'kmaq)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 038947
label: USNM Number
content: E30844-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll