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 Carson Bates with the help of his father, Craig Bates, who learned to make these dolls from Marie Potts.

Use

Child's toy

Made/Created

Artist Information

Carson Bates
Craig Bates
Marie Potts

Date made

circa 2000

Place

City

El Portal

State/Province

California

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central California

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Maidu
Native American

Dimensions

Width

7 in

Length

19 in

Materials

Material

Pine Wood, Leather - tanned hide, Incense Cedar Bark, Clam Shell Disc Beads

Material Notes

The doll's body is carved from a slat of pine wood, covered with a piece of tanned hide. The eyes are clam shell disks sewn on to the leather. The body is wrapped in long strips of incense cedar bark tied on with a thong of tanned leather.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Marie Potts

Notes

Craig Bates learned this style of doll from Marie.