Doll

Museum number:
2-71834
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071834
Alternate number:
C427 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4709
Object count:
1
Description:
Navajo baby doll and cradle board. Cradle made of board, notched with a “V” and with two leather straps to hold the baby. Fabric sun shade is thumbtacked to the board and tied with white yarn. Baby is stuffed fabric with inked feathers and mohair hair. Wrapped in purple and white fabric wrapping.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
USA. Arizona/New Mexico, Navajo
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
January 1981
Materials:
Leather, Wood (plant material), and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions, 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling, and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
June 5, 2000
Context of use:
Purchased at a doll show in Oakland, CA.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71834, described as Navajo baby doll and cradle board. Cradle made of board, notched with a “V” and with two leather straps to hold the baby. Fabric sun shade is thumbtacked to the board and tied with white yarn. Baby is stuffed fabric with inked feathers and mohair hair. Wrapped in purple and white fabric wrapping.

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