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Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; skin; wood
Catalogue Number
108.05.3007
Description
Female doll with a carved wooden anatomical body and the arms attached with nails. One arm is bent at the elbow and extended from the body. The body has been painted brown and the facial features also painted (black eyes and red lips). The doll has short yarn (wool?) beige hair with one small bra…
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Title
Doll
Date
prior to 1970
Material
fibre; skin; wood
Dimensions
9.5 x 8.0 x 24.0 cm
Description
Female doll with a carved wooden anatomical body and the arms attached with nails. One arm is bent at the elbow and extended from the body. The body has been painted brown and the facial features also painted (black eyes and red lips). The doll has short yarn (wool?) beige hair with one small braid on each side of the face and the rest of the hair hanging free. The doll is wearing a fringed hide dress and headband, both glued in place. The headband is decorated with a zig-zag red line.
Subject
Indigenous
crafts
carving
children
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
108.05.3007
Images
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