Doll
Doll

Currently not on view

Doll,

ca. 1895

Chiricahua Apache
PU 5478

Information

Title
Doll
Dates

ca. 1895

Medium
Cloth, buckskin, and tin
Dimensions
h. 30.0 cm., w. 16.0 cm., d. 2.3 cm. (11 13/16 x 6 5/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5478
Place Collected

North America, United States

Marks/Labels/Seals
Written on bucksin above head: APACHE
Culture
Apache, Native American
Type
dolls
Materials
buckskin, cloth, tin
Techniques
sewing
Subject
girls, figures (representations), women

Collected by Gen. Hugh Lenox Scott,7th Calvary, likely during his tenure at Fort Sill, OK, 1889-1897; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), date unknown.

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