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Rag doll with plaid cotton shawl and yarn hair / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

The Osage used to make rag dolls similar to this for their children to play with.

Tags: doll, cotton, plaid, yarn
People: Possibly Osage
Places: Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Rag doll with plaid cotton shawl and yarn hair
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
cotton, yarn
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Doll
Accession No: 
99.345
Department: 
Anthropology
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