|
Date: |
|
Description: | Dolls made with an apple-head have a long history with Native Americans. In 1913 they were made popular by Mary McAboy, who made and sold them in a local shop. Mary McAboy named them Skookum Dolls, which means 'good' in the dialect spoken by the Chinook tribe. When their popularity grew, she merged her business with a large manufacturing and distribution company who sold the dolls across North America up to the 1950s. Early dolls like this were made with a dried apple for their head, black string for their hair and sawdust for their body. All Skookum dolls are distinctive for being dressed in a cotton blanket, arranged to create the appearance of folded arms. Apple-heads were made by carving a face into a peeled and cored apple which was sprinkled with lemon juice and salt before being left to dry out for about two weeks. Apple-heads darken naturally over time.
Red Indian doll, with a face made from a dried apple with a stuffed cotton body and wooden stick legs. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Childhood American history Toys Social history Dolls and Toys | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
-
-
-
doll
As early as the 16th…
-
-
figurine
Painted wood figure with detachable…
-
-
-
-
|