Culture/People:

Seminole  Search this

Previous owner:

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

Collector:

Edith M. Boehmer, Non-Indian, 1905-1990  Search this

IACB source:

Edith M. Boehmer, Non-Indian, 1905-1990  Search this

Object Name:

Troll doll in Seminole dress

Media/Materials:

Plastic doll, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, rickrack

Techniques:

Commercially produced/manufactured, sewn, strung

Dimensions:

9.2 x 4.9 x 13.8 cm

Object Type:

Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

Place:

Florida; USA (inferred)

Date created:

1963-1966

Collection History:

Collected by Edith Boehmer (1905-1990, teacher in Seminole schools and one of the founders of the Seminole Craft Guild) and donated to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1966; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

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Catalog Number:

25/9907

Barcode:

259907.000

See related items:

Seminole

Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a5133298-3435-4275-9b63-e22c1b864956

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_275996