Doll

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

The image depicts a handmade Voo Doo doll from Louisiana, crafted with a burlap-like material and adorned with features resembling a face, including button eyes and stitched mouth details. The doll is accompanied by a note explaining its purpose, stating that it represents an enemy and is used in rituals where thorns are thrust into it to harm the enemy. The note further explains that after being tortured, the doll is hung in a dark corner to allow the spell to work. Two tags are attached, one indicating the source as "Acadian Handicraft, Louisiana," while the other bears numbers for identification.

The image depicts a handmade Voo Doo doll from Louisiana, crafted with a burlap-like material and adorned with features resembling a face, including button eyes and stitched mouth details. The doll is accompanied by a note explaining its purpose, stating that it represents an enemy and is used in rituals where thorns are thrust into it to harm the enemy. The note further explains that after being tortured, the doll is hung in a dark corner to allow the spell to work. Two tags are attached, one indicating the source as "Acadian Handicraft, Louisiana," while the other bears numbers for identification.

Name/Title

Doll

Entry/Object ID

1999.1.49

Description

Possibly part of Golding Collection #662 / ws# 3408-3418. Tag says - American. Cloth doll made from burlap and muslin. Tag - "Acadian Handcraft Louisiana." Penciled on features with metal eyes. Paper with it describes "Louisiana Voo Doo Doll."

Collection

Dolls

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Doll

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 1, 1999