Doll

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

The image depicts a handcrafted doll, adorned with a vibrant pink skirt featuring a decorative blue stitch across it, while its top is a dark fabric resembling velvet that adds a plush contrast, and its facial features are delicately embroidered to give the expression a gentle, lifelike appearance, further embellished with beaded jewelry such as multicolored earrings and a necklace, adding a touch of intricate craftwork that highlights cultural artistry, and attached to the doll is a tag with the word "Navajo," indicating its potential cultural or artisanal origin, all set against a textured background that resembles bubbled wrap, providing a soft, diffused light effect which accentuates the doll's detailed craftsmanship and vivid colors.

The image depicts a handcrafted doll, adorned with a vibrant pink skirt featuring a decorative blue stitch across it, while its top is a dark fabric resembling velvet that adds a plush contrast, and its facial features are delicately embroidered to give the expression a gentle, lifelike appearance, further embellished with beaded jewelry such as multicolored earrings and a necklace, adding a touch of intricate craftwork that highlights cultural artistry, and attached to the doll is a tag with the word "Navajo," indicating its potential cultural or artisanal origin, all set against a textured background that resembles bubbled wrap, providing a soft, diffused light effect which accentuates the doll's detailed craftsmanship and vivid colors.

Name/Title

Doll

Entry/Object ID

1999.1.65

Description

Possibly part of Golding Collection #662 / ws# 3408-3418. 6 1/2" tall. Navajo female, cloth doll. Red satin skirt with purple ribbon on hem, brown velvet-like blouse long-sleeved, beaded necklace and earrings, facial features drawn on, black hair in back bun, purple cloth shoes.

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