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Catalog Number CAS 2018-0002-0011   CAS 2018-0002-0011; Doll
Category Folk Toys
Object Name Doll
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data City: Gallup
Maker's Name unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s-1960s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Commercial fabrics: cotton, velvet; Suede; Commercial ric-rac; Plastic; Synthetic hair; Cotton yarn; Paint
Description Commercial doll of a Navajo woman, dressed in traditional Navajo-style clothing, handmade by a Navajo woman; Doll wears a long-sleeved, green velvet top, accented with silver trim at waist and wrists, a long two-tiered floral skirt with green trim, and brown leather moccasins with ivory-colored soles; She has a necklace of red and blue beads, a brooch-style design of blue and red beads at her throat, and a blue bead earring glued to her right ear (the left earring is missing); Her hair is tied at the nape of her neck with off-white yarn; Accompanying printed tag reads “NA-NI-KA-DI YAZZI (Little Herder) Dressed by Navajos in Gallup, New Mexico.”
Dimensions (cm) Height = 18.7, Width = 6.6, Length = 4.9