Female doll

Date created
circa 1955
Culture/People
Quileute
Artist/Maker
Mattie Wheeler Howeattle, Quileute, 1869-1967
Previous owner
Wilma Balzer (Wilma Hillegonda Balzer), Non-Indian, 1916-2006
Donor
Wilma Balzer (Wilma Hillegonda Balzer), Non-Indian, 1916-2006
Collection History
Received as a gift in the late 1950s by Wilma Hillegonda Balzer (1916-2006), a teacher who worked in several states during her lifetime; donated to NMAI by Wilma Balzer in 1994.
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Place
Taholah, Quinault Reservation; Grays Harbor County; Washington; USA
See related items
Quileute
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
25/3851
Barcode
253851.000
Object Type
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
Object Name
Female doll
Media/Materials
Grass, raffia, dye/dyes
Techniques
Dyed, twined, braided
Dimensions
19 x 6 x 7 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a8b95c05-816a-4146-b579-1441684b4800
Record ID
NMAI_269933