DepartmentUnited States & Canada
Child doll
NameDoll
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
CultureHouma
Date1920-1972
Place madeDulse, Louisiana, United States, North America
MediumSpanish moss, plastic buttons, thread
Dimensions14 3/8 × 6 1/2 × 2 15/16 in. (36.5 × 16.5 × 7.5 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.2015.28.19
DescriptionDark moss body with braided arms and legs. The eyes are iridescent white buttons.
1890s
Mid-to-late 20th Century
c. 1920
mid-20th century
20th century