Female spirit figurine

NameDoll

Artist Artist Not Recorded

CultureQuinault

Date1920-1972

Place madeWashington, United States, North America

MediumCattail reed, wooden beads, plastic beads, dye

Dimensions8 × 3 9/16 × 2 1/4 in. (20.25 × 9 × 5.75 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.2015.28.49

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionFemale with body and skirt of natural woven cattail, as are the arms, and five fingered hands. There are green woven details around the waist and bottom of the skirt and neck. The head has a black and red woven head wrap, black hair in two braids, and two light colored feathers coming out the top. She also has red and white bead earrings.