Culture/People

Seminole

Artist/Maker

Mary Tiger, Seminole

Previous owner

Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

IACB Source

Seminole Crafts Guild

Object Name

Female doll

Media/Materials

Palmetto fiber, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, thread

Techniques

Sewn, patchwork, strung, embroidered

Dimensions

14.0 x 10.1 x 26.0 cm

Object Type

Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

Place

Florida; USA (inferred)

Date created

1953

Collection History

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Seminole Crafts Guild (Brighton, Florida) in 1953; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

Catalog Number

26/2144

Barcode

262144.000

See related items

Seminole

Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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