Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8712068

Category: Doll

Region: Northeast

Tribe: Winnebago

Period: 1850-1875 - ca. 1865

Materials: Cotton cloth; silk ribbon; wool yarn, white glass seed beads; shell (wampum) necklace; human hair; German silver; native tanned deerskin.

Description: Female doll wearing a cloth dress with extensive ribbon applique; a cloth blouse decorated with German silver brooches; cloth and ribbon leggings; hide mocassins and a wampum shell necklace

Dimensions: Height 8 inches 20.3 cm.

Provenance:

Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010

References:

Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 139

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