Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
82:476 |
Object Name |
Cornhusk |
Description |
Standing male cornhusk doll mounted on bracket fungi. Red flower patterned cloth shirt with black wool leggings and breechcloth. Embellished with red ribbon and white seed beads. Deerskin pouch with black cloth & seed beads. Black & blue bead necklace with (possibly) muskrat claws. Feather gustoweh (headdress) with 3 upright feathers indicating Mohawk Nation. Black yarn hair. Figure holds two-row wampum made of purple and white seed beads. |
Title |
Aonwentsujoh/The Orator |
Date Created |
1982 |
Artist |
Brown, Pam |
Culture |
Iroquois |
Nation |
Mohawk |
Community |
Akwesasne |
Artist 2 |
General, Gail |
Material |
cornhusk, fabric, glass beads, bracket fungi |
Medium |
doll |