Native American Skookum Doll
Date1920 - 1960
Mediumwood, plastic, cloth
Dimensions14 × 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (35.6 × 11.4 × 8.9 cm)
ClassificationsToy
Catalog number2023.15.4
DescriptionDoll depicting Native American, with a plastic face, long black hair, legs made out of wood and dressed in traditional clothes with striped long pants, a woven blanket and earrings.Appears tobe a Skookum Doll, a type of Native American themed doll sold in the early 20th century at tourist shops. The doll is associated with a collection of Yaqui items, but it is not known if it is attempting to portray a Yaqui or another Native American culture.Status
Not on view
Circa 1960
Circa 1960
circa 1986
1948