Doll

70-9-794

From: United States of America | North Carolina | Cherokee

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 70-9-794
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cherokee | Eastern Band
Provenience United States of America | North Carolina | Cherokee
Culture Area Southeast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Cotton Fiber
Iconography Woman | Baby
Description

Woman with Baby in Shawl on Back. Female doll with body of brown cloth wearing pink slip and calico print dress, black braids and red head kerchief; baby strapped to back by means of white cloth crossed over breast; baby dressed in yellow with red head kerchief. Attached tag in Pennypacker's (?) handwriting reads: "Doll Cherokee, N.C.".

Condition: Good. To Registrar's for freezing 3/91

Length 30 cm
Width 9.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970

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