Medicine Woman doll
Artist
Virginia Alice Stroud
(Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk, Akwesasne)
Date2007
MediumGlass beads, cloth, feathers, fiber, Hair, leather/hide, Glass beads, ribbon, embroidery thread, horse hair?
Dimensions12 1/8” H
Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Lauren Roelofs
Object numberNA2008.41.ROE
DescriptionFemale medicine woman doll, with no facial features (in line with Cherokee tradition). She wears a dress and overskirt tied around the waist with a leather thong, a single feather in her hair, and a white bead necklace. She has red paint across her forehead, and carries a white cloth sack in her right hand and a bundle of herbs tied with red thread in her left hand.
ClassificationsToys
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