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young female Navajo doll

Artist Clara Emerson Begay (Diné (Navajo))

Date2000

MediumCotton, cloth, fiber, Metal, Wool, yarn, Cotton cloth, felt

Dimensions7 1/2 “ H x 5 “ W

SignedSigned “Clara Emerson Begay 2000” under bloomers on backside.

Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Sydney Claire Shepard Landstrom, Age 8 in 2009, Hamilton, NY

Object numberNA2009.08.LAND

DescriptionCloth doll of a young girl. She wears a blue cotton sleeveless dress with a white ribbon belt and white rickrack trim, off-white bloomers, and yellow felt boots with white soles and metal star emblems. Her face is stitched/embroidered and black wool hair is tied in a bun with white yarn. She is playing with a woven yarn sash in Hopi style also used by Navajos.

ClassificationsToys

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