Wild Woman of the Woods

NameDoll

Artist Artist Not Recorded

CultureKwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw (exonym Kwakiutl)

Date1920-1972

Place madeUnited States, North America

MediumCarved wood, red cedar bark, paint

Dimensions11 5/8 × 5 1/8 × 7 5/16 in. (29.5 × 13 × 18.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Betsy Grant, Lisa Hendrickson and Deborah Kinder, from the Crandall Collection, A.2015.28.

Object numberA.2015.28.53a-e

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionFemale figure with a carved wooden head with painted thick black eyebrows, black shut eyes, red lips. The arms and hands (thumbs) are also carved wood. The hair is made of bark strips. The body is a solid wooden skirt that is covered by bark strips. The figure holds a woven basket with two wooden cylindrical-shaped babies inside that have tied bark details and painted facial features.