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Male doll

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Male doll

1960s

Agnes James

Snohomish

Basketry dolls were made for girl's play and to teach domestic crafts, and for the thriving commercial market in modern time. As with baskets, women put their individual artistic signatures on these delightful works. Miniature tools appropriate for each gender accompany the dolls.
Woven grass
approx. 12in. high
Gift of Vi Hilbert
SC2005.15
Provenance: Provenance: Artist; Vi Hilbert (as purchase), Washington, (ca. 1985-1995) until 2005
Photo Credit: Susan Cole
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, S'abadeb - The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists, October 24, 2008 - January 11, 2009; Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC, November 2009 - March 2010

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Song, Story, Speech: Oral Traditions of Puget Sound's First People, August 5, 2004 - January 31, 2006

Seattle Art Museum respectfully acknowledges that we are on Indigenous land, the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. We honor our ongoing connection to these communities past, present, and future.

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