Male doll

Date created
1965
Culture/People
Diné (Navajo)
Artist/Maker
Kay Bennett (Kay C. "Kaibah" Bennett/Kay Price Bennett), Diné (Navajo), 1922-1997
Previous Seller
Sheep Springs Trading Post
Collector
Marvin Cohen, Non-Indian, 1929-1995
Previous owner
Marvin Cohen, Non-Indian, 1929-1995
Ivy Cohen (Mrs. Marvin Cohen), Non-Indian
Donor
Ivy Cohen (Mrs. Marvin Cohen), Non-Indian
Honoree
Marvin Cohen, Non-Indian, 1929-1995
Collection History
Purchased by Marvin Cohen (1929-1995) at the Sheep Springs Trading Post (Sheep Springs, New Mexico) in 1966; inherited by his widow Ivy Cohen; donated to NMAI by Mrs. Cohen in 2006 in memory of Marvin Cohen.
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Place
Sheep Springs Trading Post; Sheep Springs, Navajo Reservation; San Juan County; New Mexico; USA
See related items
Diné (Navajo)
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
26/5676
Barcode
265676.000
Object Type
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
Object Name
Male doll
Media/Materials
Commercially tanned leather, hide, velvet, felt, synthetic fabric, silver, turquoise, horsehair, wool yarn, imitation hair, glass bead/beads, feather/feathers, plastic, paint, unknown stuffing
Techniques
Sewn, woven, painted, hammered, stamped, stuffed, strung
Dimensions
61 x 49.5 x 18 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f72993ab-0ab5-462b-a2a7-1f977d100cc4
Record ID
NMAI_281903