Doll
Category
Dolls
Date
Unknown
Materials
Composition, Textile, Wood
Measurements
240 mm (H)
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Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 278033
Summary
Composition doll representing an older Native American man- composition head, painted features, long grey hair in two braids, cloth body, wooden legs. Wearing red trousers and wrapped in a felt blanket. This is an example of the so-called 'Skookum' doll, a type of tourist or souvenir doll manufactured and distributed on the east coast of the United States of America by the Arrow Novelty company, New York. The dolls were designed by Mary Dwyer McAboy (1876-1961) after 'apple-head' dolls she carved and played with as a child. They portray Native American peoples in stylised, stereotypical ways.