Doll

DateCirca 1900

MediumCloth, nuts, and pine needles

Dimensions12 in. (30.5 cm)

Object number00.53.327

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionAn African-American doll with a cloth head and arms, and a pine needle body. She is wearing a staw hat and carrying a straw bag and a baby. She is wearing a pink, green and cream floral dress and an apron and shawl. Note enclosed reads 'Made about 1900 from Florida pine needles. Nuts form the heads of the 2 dolls.'

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