Two dolls, one female and one male, with soft bodies and painted heads and hands. Both dolls are silk wearing tunics and pants with cloth slippers on feet. The female doll has real braided hair attached to the head, and the male wears a red skullcap which ties under the chin. The dolls are tied…
Two dolls, one female and one male, with soft bodies and painted heads and hands. Both dolls are silk wearing tunics and pants with cloth slippers on feet. The female doll has real braided hair attached to the head, and the male wears a red skullcap which ties under the chin. The dolls are tied together at the neck with a ribbon.
Two very similar handmade dolls, one (b) has a slightly darker coloured face. Each doll has a firmly stuffed fabric body and is dressed in hide clothing - a pullover coat with a hood, leggings, and footwear. The coat has fur tirm on the bottom hem and around the hood opening. Each doll’s facial f…
Two very similar handmade dolls, one (b) has a slightly darker coloured face. Each doll has a firmly stuffed fabric body and is dressed in hide clothing - a pullover coat with a hood, leggings, and footwear. The coat has fur tirm on the bottom hem and around the hood opening. Each doll’s facial features are beaded with black for the eyes and nostrils and red for the mouth.
Handmade male doll with a firmly stuffed cloth body and a hide covered head. The doll has black yarn hair with two braids, and beaded facial features with red beads for the mouth and black beads for the eyes and nostrils. The braids are wrapped with beaded hide at the ends. The doll’s clothes are …
Handmade male doll with a firmly stuffed cloth body and a hide covered head. The doll has black yarn hair with two braids, and beaded facial features with red beads for the mouth and black beads for the eyes and nostrils. The braids are wrapped with beaded hide at the ends. The doll’s clothes are made of hide with a headband, shirt, leggings and simple moccasins. The shirt and fringed leggings are decorated with squares of red and white beads. The headband is also decorated with red and white beads. The doll is made from moose hide and has mule deer hide shoes.
Handmade female doll with firmly stuffed cloth body and a hide covered head with black braided yarn hair. The braids are wrapped with beaded hide at the ends. The doll has beaded facial features with red beads at the mouth and black beads for the eyes and nostrils. The doll is wearing a long sle…
Handmade female doll with firmly stuffed cloth body and a hide covered head with black braided yarn hair. The braids are wrapped with beaded hide at the ends. The doll has beaded facial features with red beads at the mouth and black beads for the eyes and nostrils. The doll is wearing a long sleeved hide dress, with fringe under the yoke and along the bottom hem, and high top moccasins. The yoke of the dress is decorated with white and red beaded squares. The doll also has a bead wrapped belt with blue white and pink beads at the waist.
Handmade female doll with firmly stuffed cloth body and hide covered head and arms. The doll has black thread for hair that is worked into two braids that are bound with commercially prepared thong. The facial features are beaded with red beads for the mouth and black beads for the eyes (7 beads a…
Handmade female doll with firmly stuffed cloth body and hide covered head and arms. The doll has black thread for hair that is worked into two braids that are bound with commercially prepared thong. The facial features are beaded with red beads for the mouth and black beads for the eyes (7 beads around a centre bead) and nostrils. The doll is wearing a short-sleeve dress, high top moccasins and a plain headband. The dress has fringe at the yoke, arm openings and bottom hem. The yoke is decorated with large blue and yellow beads.
Contained in dark blue, plain cardboard box printed in white at centre of lid, "Merrimade, Lawrence, Mass", two pillow shaped pincushions with note, "Aunt Folly Clarks pin cushions". (a) square, pink, cushion, trimmed around edge with red, embroidered feather stitching. Fabric has brocade like, w…
Contained in dark blue, plain cardboard box printed in white at centre of lid, "Merrimade, Lawrence, Mass", two pillow shaped pincushions with note, "Aunt Folly Clarks pin cushions". (a) square, pink, cushion, trimmed around edge with red, embroidered feather stitching. Fabric has brocade like, woven in curlicue pattern, note attached with red elastic band. "Edith bought this in Japan". (b) rectangular, blue satin with red, embroidered featherstitching around edge. Wide bank of blue leaflike pattern on pink background runs around cushion, with red and white narrow stripes each side bordered by black. Note attached with two straight pins, "My Grandmother Becket's bonnet strings, Polly" Note: .6 x .2 cm dark stain on one side.
Dome-shaped fabric pincushion with wood base. Cushion is covered in several layers of lace and contains a variety of straight pins, safety pins, and sewing needles.
Dome-shaped fabric pincushion with wood base. Cushion is covered in several layers of lace and contains a variety of straight pins, safety pins, and sewing needles.
A round pincushion covered in beige lace with a brown net ruffle around the perimeter. A straight pin with a purple ball and a remembrance day poppy are stuck in it.
A round pincushion covered in beige lace with a brown net ruffle around the perimeter. A straight pin with a purple ball and a remembrance day poppy are stuck in it.
A small travel pincushion in the form of a crocheted hat that opens to reveal 4 sheets of cotton. The hat is pink with green, blue, and purple decorations.
A small travel pincushion in the form of a crocheted hat that opens to reveal 4 sheets of cotton. The hat is pink with green, blue, and purple decorations.
A pin cushion in the form of a turtle. Turtle is made of paper mache that has been painted black. Turtle’s shell opens to reveal red satin fabric cushion in the top of the shell, an egg shaped hole in the centre of the turtle’s body, lined with same red satin, and a ring of black velvet around this…
A pin cushion in the form of a turtle. Turtle is made of paper mache that has been painted black. Turtle’s shell opens to reveal red satin fabric cushion in the top of the shell, an egg shaped hole in the centre of the turtle’s body, lined with same red satin, and a ring of black velvet around this section. Black velvet has 9 spikes sticking straight up from it. Two paper bands hold paper packages of small sewing needles that read “S. BEISSEL & SONS SHARPS”. A silver thimble is in a slot at the top of the ring. 6 mother of pearl buttons shaped like flowers inside.
A green octanganal shaped pincushion with needlework design. A square with 4 strawberries in red, green, white on one side and a square with 4 abstract designs on the other.
A green octanganal shaped pincushion with needlework design. A square with 4 strawberries in red, green, white on one side and a square with 4 abstract designs on the other.