Maidu Style Doll

Object/Artifact

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Maidu Style Doll

Maidu Style Doll

Name/Title

Maidu Style Doll

Description

Northern Maidu style Doll made by Craig and Carson Bates. Craig Bates learned to make these dolls from Marie Potts.

Use

Child's toy

Made/Created

Artist Information

Craig Bates
Carson Bates
Marie Potts

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central California

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Maidu
Native American

Dimensions

Width

6 in

Length

13 in

Materials

Material

Incense Cedar Wood, Leather - smoked deer hide, Clam Shell Disc Beads, Sinew, Big Leaf Maple Bark

Material Notes

The doll's body is carved from a slat of incense cedar wood covered with a piece of tanned hide. The clamshell disk eyes are sewn on to the leather with sinew. The body is wrapped with long strips of the inner bark of big leaf maple, tied to the body with a thong of tanned hide.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Marie Potts

Notes

Craig learned this style of doll from Marie.