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Male doll

1960s

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

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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