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Lacrosse player doll

Artist Beverly Doxtater (Miller) (Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk, Turtle Clan)

Date2008

MediumCloth, feathers, fiber, leather/hide, Silver, wood, yarn, Corn husks, synthetic felt, string

Dimensions12” H x 10 1/4” W

SignedOn bottom of base: Beverly Doxtater Mohawk Turtle Clan 2008

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object numberNA2010.069.LMA

DescriptionMale corn husk doll actively posed as a lacrosse player with his stick, mounted on a birch tree round base. He has braided black yarn hair and wears a gustoweh with a single large feather pointing upward in Seneca style. He wears printed cloth tunic with white scallop stitch design around hem and cuffs; gray deerskin fringed leggings and natural deerskin loin cloth; white hide boots,white felt neckerchief with a silver brooch. Brown and white yarn on shirt and leggings.

ClassificationsToys

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

Exhibitions

Makers and Materials of the Americas

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