Doll

Museum number:
1-259507
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
C577 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4709
Description:
Cloth, stuffed doll, with embroidered features and real hair. Dressed in grey fabric skirt, blouse, and cape, decorated with corn kernels that have been dyed purple. Dance Dress. H = 16.5”
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, California, Pomo. Made by Lorraine Ruddick, a Coastal Pomo
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Maker or artist:
Lorraine Ruddick
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
8/6/1992
Materials:
Hair (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines) and Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 5, 2000
Context of use:
Purchased at Sun House, Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA for $29.95. The maker of this doll has only thumbs; she was born without fingers on either hand.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 1-259507, described as Cloth, stuffed doll, with embroidered features and real hair. Dressed in grey fabric skirt, blouse, and cape, decorated with corn kernels that have been dyed purple. Dance Dress. H = 16.5”Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 1-259507, described as Cloth, stuffed doll, with embroidered features and real hair. Dressed in grey fabric skirt, blouse, and cape, decorated with corn kernels that have been dyed purple. Dance Dress. H = 16.5”Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 1-259507, described as Cloth, stuffed doll, with embroidered features and real hair. Dressed in grey fabric skirt, blouse, and cape, decorated with corn kernels that have been dyed purple. Dance Dress. H = 16.5”Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Doll, accession number 1-259507, described as Cloth, stuffed doll, with embroidered features and real hair. Dressed in grey fabric skirt, blouse, and cape, decorated with corn kernels that have been dyed purple. Dance Dress. H = 16.5”

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