Cornhusk Doll
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1954
name: label: Collector
content: Ann Marie Shimony
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William C. Sturtevant
notes: label: Notes
content: Notes from Sturtevant's personal catalog: "Gift of Annemarie Shimony, who collected in 1954 during ethnographic field work at Six Nations Reserve, Ontario. Cork husk doll, woman, dressed in Iroquois costume. Acc to A.S. (letter of March 29, 1956), "The doll was made by Mrs. Green, age 75 in 1955. She made it in 1954. She is Cayuga (Turtle Clan, Sour Springs Longhouse). Chief matron for Cayuga Chief Haydya?senne? (No. 37) In Fenton's notation and spelling in " Roll Call..." Mrs. Green makes such dolls all the time, mainly for the tourist trade. She also makes boys in buckskin." Cayuga"
label: Notes
content: Ann Marie Shimony; Yale graduate student with Sturtevant; previously listed as T005
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jan 2024
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), Cayuga (Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ')
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2049174
label: USNM Number
content: E437798-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll