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Discipline:
Anthropology  Search this
Region:
US Southwest (NM, AZ, UT, NV)  Search this
Material:
Cotton, Velvet, Plastic
Culture:
Navajo  Search this
Object Type:
Education and Outreach collections
Collecting Locality:
Southwest, North America, United States
Description:
This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
Geologic Age:
late 20th century
Notes:
A female doll wearing a green velvet dress likely made by the Navajo people of the Southwestern United States for sale to tourists. The doll has black hair tied back with a white piece of yarn and her face is painted on. She wears a blue beaded necklace and earrings and the front of the dress is decorated with three metallic embellishments. The green velvet dress goes past her feet and there is a blue and white bow around the waist with two stripes of red rickrack near the bottom of the dress. There is a multicolored cotton underskirt and she wears brown fabric boots. She is similarly constructed to and may have been made by the same person as another female Navajo doll (401088).
Number of objects in this record:
1
Record Last Modified:
7 Nov 2023
Topic:
Education & Outreach  Search this
USNM Number:
EO400652
See more items in:
Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c1f9d09e-26d5-4736-9a90-257ef3fcefb6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnheducation_11020308