Dakota infant dolls in pouch

Titles: Dakota infant dolls in pouch (Supplied title)

Description: A pair of painted, swaddled infant dolls in a felt pouch, made in Mendota, Minnesota, by Dakota people while dwelling there, circa the mid-2oth century or earlier. The dolls are made of commercial composite plastic and swaddled in grey and red felt inside a tan and purple felt pouch with a green felt hanger and accented with blue and green beads.

Dates

• Not later than 1946 (Date object was donated to the Minnesota Historical Society.) (Creation)

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 2447

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

• 11 inches length
• 5 inches width pouch width

Subjects

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