Female cornhusk doll with braided arms, corn silk hair, and ink drawn face / Unknown
Gilcrease Museum
Curatorial Remarks
Tags: cornhusk, doll, Female, woman, face, dress, corn, braided, hair
People: Quapaw
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use
From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
This doll, along with two others, was made for me by my maternal grandmother, Anna Quapaw McKibben. My dad, Charles Banks Wilson, drew on their faces. One time when Thomas Gilcrease had come to visit us in Miami, Oklahoma, my parents gave Mr. Gilcrease my dolls. I imagine these dolls were given to Mr. Gilcrease when my dad was doing Thomas G’s portrait. That would fit the timeline. Mr. Gilcrease would come over to the house and mom would fix these wonderful meals.
Carrie Wilson, daughter of Charles Banks Wilson, 2022
People: Quapaw
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use
From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
This doll, along with two others, was made for me by my maternal grandmother, Anna Quapaw McKibben. My dad, Charles Banks Wilson, drew on their faces. One time when Thomas Gilcrease had come to visit us in Miami, Oklahoma, my parents gave Mr. Gilcrease my dolls. I imagine these dolls were given to Mr. Gilcrease when my dad was doing Thomas G’s portrait. That would fit the timeline. Mr. Gilcrease would come over to the house and mom would fix these wonderful meals.
Carrie Wilson, daughter of Charles Banks Wilson, 2022
