Set of Dolls (Family Group) and Miniature Domestic Items
CultureGreat Lakes, possibly Delaware or Shawnee
Dateca. 1810
MediumWood, native pigment, cotton cloth and thread, velvet, silk ribbon, wool cloth and yarn, native tanned leather, metal, and bulrush
Credit LineGift of Ned Jalbert and Keith Ravaioli
Object number2016.57.1.1-8
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionThe group includes a warrior and a small figure that has been described as his wife, but may actually be a young son. The set includes a tiny cradle with a doll, feast bowls and spoons, and a woven rush mat upon which people would sit during ceremonies in the lodge.Exhibition HistoryAntique Native American Dolls, Molloy-Blitz Tribal Art, Santa Fe, NM, 2005; Spanish & Indian Trading Company, Santa Fe, NM, 2005–2006.
Private Collection, Paris, France;
Donald Ellis Gallery, Dundas, Ontario, Canada;
George Blitz, New York, NY;
Ned Jalbert and Keith Ravaioli, Westborough, MA;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
"Antique Native American Dolls on View," Antiques and Arts Weekly, (November 18, 2005).
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