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Doll

Object Number:78-1-14
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Mojave
Provenience: Arizona
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Maker: Annie Fields
Section:American
Materials:Clay
Pigment
Fiber
Glass
Iconography:Woman
Height: 21 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Mary Elizabeth King, 1978

Description

Ceramic body of coarse-grained red clay painted in red, beige, black, and white. Body is painted with striped of red and beige; black hair, black and white eyes, and facial markings in beige. Doll is female, and stands with left arm on her stomach. She is dressed in a full length skirt of floral print cotton, a belt of red yarn wrapped around waist, and a cape of light blue and white beads. She wears a choker of dark blue beads and long earrings of dark blue beads, each with one large light blue bead. The doll has been broken and repaired several times around chest and arm area. The right leg is broken off midway. Doll was made by Annie Fields.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) View Objects in Exhibition

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