Collector:

John W. Fenton  Search this

Donor Name:

Dr. William N. Fenton  Search this

Culture:

Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), Seneca (Onödowá'ga:')  Search this

Object Type:

Doll

Place:

Coldspring Settlement, Allegany Reservation, New York, United States, North America

Accession Date:

27 Aug 1940

Notes:

From card: "Corn husk head with human hair attached, calico print tunic, black skirt with glass beading at bottom. Brown cloth moccasins. Doll has no face. Seneca dolls have no faces unless used for witchcraft."

Information in accession file indicates doll was made about 1890 by Lucy Snow of the Hawk clan of Coldspring settlement and presented to the donor's father John William Fenton.

Record Last Modified:

6 Jun 2022

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

157457

USNM Number:

E380992-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30324bb87-0b92-40af-b52a-8283f1d9fe49

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8416668