Mother-and-Child Doll

A small doll with a corn-husk head and face, dressed in a dark blue wool dress trimmed with tan skin and beadwork, standing on a pale ground. A red fabric bundle is strapped across its back, and a beaded panel decorates the lower skirt.

Look closer: A small beaded panel with a leafy motif hangs on the doll's front at the waist.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1870–80

Medium

Corn husk, cotton, wool, Native-tanned skin, glass, silk

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1488 × 1861 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ralph T. Coe Collection, Gift of Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, 2011