Ceramic doll

Titles: Ceramic doll (Supplied title)

Description: The doll is composed of a commercial ceramic body, wearing wool dress with ribbon detail, leather fringed leggings and shoes, with a glass seed bead necklace. Possibly used by Dakota Indians circa 1860-1901.

Dates

• Approximately 1860 - Approximately 1901 (Date range based on time Bishop Whipple spent in Minnesota working for various government commissions for Indian Affairs) (Use)

Creation

• collected by: Whipple, Henry Benjamin

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1864

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 8 1/2 inches length

Subjects

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