DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Turtle doll

NameDoll

Artist Artist Not Recorded

CultureKoasati (Creek)

Date1920-1972

Place madeLouisiana, United States, North America

MediumPine needles, reed, dye, pine seeds

Dimensions1 15/16 × 3 1/8 × 5 1/2 in. (5 × 8 × 14 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.2015.28.7ab

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionPineneedle turtle with removable back. Body and head (a): Light brown reed and brown pine needle woven body with purplish head, legs, and tail. Red mouth and light brown eyes. Back (b): Light brown reed and brown pine needles woven into back with green quadrilateral designs on top of removable back.