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Doll

Object Details

Collection History
Collected or acquired by Septima V. Koehler (1848-1918) between 1896 and 1906 when she taught school on the Rosebud and Standing Rock Reservations; inherited by her great-niece, Elizabeth Hutchings Zulauf Kelemen (Mrs. Pál Kelemen, 1898-1997); donated to MAI by Mrs. Kelemen in 1967.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Sioux
Collector
Septima V. Koehler (Septima Vespasia Koehler), Non-Indian, 1848-1918
Previous owner
Septima V. Koehler (Septima Vespasia Koehler), Non-Indian, 1848-1918
Elizabeth Zulauf Kelemen (Elizabeth Hutchings Zulauf Kelemen/Mrs. Pál Kelemen), Non-Indian, 1898-1997
Donor
Elizabeth Zulauf Kelemen (Elizabeth Hutchings Zulauf Kelemen/Mrs. Pál Kelemen), Non-Indian, 1898-1997
Object Name
Doll
Media/Materials
Cotton cloth, thread
Techniques
Sewn
Object Type
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
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