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Letter From The Editor
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! — November! Thomas Hood Dear Readers, Suddenly it’s November, a month to count our many blessings and a month to honor our Veterans. Our cover story this month is by Anita Ladensack who takes us on a journey which led to the writing and the publication of her book, The History and Art of Googlies. Samy Odin discusses delicate double-sided paper dolls in his column. Elizabeth Ann Coleman continues her fascinating research on early doll collectors, celebrating the women who laid the groundwork for collecting as we know it today. Sharon Zerkel shares her passion for Plains Nations’ dolls. And we continue our coverage of last summer’s United Federation of Doll Clubs’ convention with the Competitive Exhibit’s Blue-Ribbon winners. Around the country and across the pond, there are museum exhibits of interest to doll collectors. “Portrait of Childhood: Black Dolls from the Collection of Deborah Neff” runs through March 3, 2025 at the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures in Kansas City, Missouri. “Tony Sarg: Genius at Play,” an exhibit that pays tribute to the famed puppeteer, is open through December 31, 2024 in the McCausland Gallery, Whaling Museum in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The Centenary Celebration of Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House continues through the end of this year at Windsor Castle with a special display in the Waterloo Chamber of some of the tiny treasures usually displayed inside the dolls’ house. Please let us know of any doll or doll-related exhibits where you live. We at Antique DOLL Collector wish each of you a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
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16” Kingdom Doll Elgin 49/65 MIB w/ wig, dress, 2 pair shoes, extra hands, jewelry $1450.
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14.5” Early Kestner 7 w/ beautiful molding & painting, blue spiral stat eyes, mohair wig, antique clothing $550.
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20.5” Kestner I 129 13 w/ bl sl eyes, HH wig, pretty face $375. 20.5” Simon & Halbig CM Bergman 7, bl sl eyes, Orig mohair wig, pierced ears $295.
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Nelle’s Doll - A Bru Bébé 3 with Provenance. 13” (33 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate with modeled breastplate, amber brown glass paperweight eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, rose blushed eye shadow, brushstroked brows, closed mouth with defined tiny tongue tip, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French kid bebe body, kid-over-wooden upper arms, perfect jointed bisque forearms and hands. Condition is generally excellent. Bru Jne 3 by Leon Casimir Bru, circa 1883. Lovely bebe with gentle expression has lovely antique costume and bonnet w/ Au Nain Bleu label, original “Bru Jne Paris“ shoes. The doll is from the family of the original child owner, Petronella Fredriks, of Cincinnati, born 1879, who, at the age of 5, was gifted the doll by her father James Fredriks, a Dutch immigrant and thriving woodworker. Petronella (“Nelle”) kept the doll throughout her life. Generous terms offered. $25,950
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16 inch (41 cm) pink-tinted bisque socket head Googly with plump facial shape and large round blue side-glancing googly eyes. Among the rarest of the googly models and of the Heubach firm. Courtesy Theriault’s, Private Collection of Frances Ciraolo.
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1) Important Pair of 9” Creche Angels - 1790 Glass Eye rarity, wood limbs, perf fingers, Original Facial Paint & orig. frail Silk Clothes. $1795 2) 9” Cabinet size Neapolitan 1790, Gl. Eyes, perfect fingers & orig. Paint, Clothes & Jewelry. $495 3) All Original 12” Creche w. Hat & Sword - early carved teeth, op/mo, Gl. Eyes, wood limbs, brilliant Silk Clothes & Accessories. $1100 4) Heirloom 18” 1840’s Kinderkopf Officer - orig. body can sit at 9” tall, mint head, brush marks, woolen handsewn Military Uniform. $950
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5) Museum Class Wooden – 12” tall pristine Queen Anne type, lovely orig. complexion, Incredible Original Coiffure, copious Silver Filigree Couture, wood Fork Fingers, Gl. Eyes, Orig. Fan. Exceptional example! $8900 6) Family Heirloom 18” China w. Provenance - 1850’s flesh tint, Orig. Clothes, Slippers & Shawl plus written family lineage, no show plate mend. Historic treasure! $595 7) Vintage 9” Glass Santa Bulb - big size! Early style, brilliant color looks unused - wow! $295 8) Important 11” Bisque Face Santa - Mint Heubach rarity w/clean bright color & condition. $2400; Choice 8” FnB Tinyette Pilgrim - w. hat, belt & no craze! $145 9) French 9.5” Paludier Courting Pair ca 1860 - jtd. wooden set of brilliant Shell Dolls w. accessories & near perfect shellwork! Just $650 10) 1880’s Pale & Pretty 14” Closed Mouth - As seen in Coleman’s…PW Eyes, original fine Clothes, Wig & Fancy Boots on Factory Steuber Body. $750
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22) Rare Large 27” Kreuger Santa ca:1940. Holiday Showpiece for that touch of Christmas magic! $595 23) Antique Dutch Biscuit Tin - 10”L by 8”H features Hansel & Gretel & Witch in vivid colors w. no scratches w bakery name in lid. $295 24) Lovely 17” Kestner Ursaline Nun - authentic French garments & sgnd. name in antique script $395
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oday, when we think of paper dolls, the immediate image that comes to mind is a printed human figure surrounded by pieces of apparel designed with little tabs around the garments, meant to help applying each piece of clothing on top of the doll, in order to hold it when the figure is standing. In fact, this is the most common type of paper doll. Many different other variations of double-
sided paper dolls existed through the years. This second column focuses on the technical aspect in the production of these playthings. Single and double-sided variations coexisted since the th 19 century. In 1857, the famous Paper Dolls and How to Make Them, published in New York by Anson D. F. Randolph, and aiming to teach girls the art of paper doll home-
Paper sheet distributed by the French children’s magazine La Poupée Modèle at the very end of the 19th century. Author’s Collection.
A page from Paper Dolls and How to Make Them (1857). cfr https:// archive.org/details/PaperDollsAndHowToMakeThem1857/page/n33/ mode/2up
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making, included single as well as double-sided garments for single-sided figures. The doublesided ones solved the issue of holding the garments by slipping them over the figure while minimizing the use of tabs. At the other end of the spectrum, were the more expensive double-sided paper dolls, such as the luxury Psyché, which came already cut-out, pasted and ready to use. Simpler examples, such as this lady doll pictured, printed in Paris by Jannin for the publisher Duru, around 1850, came printed on a single sheet, that each customer had to cut-out and paste properly, in order to get a double-sided paper doll with no use of tabs. The most effective doublesided example of a paper doll, which was cheaper to produce yet practical in its use, for example, was the line advertising Nestlé products: on a small format sheet of thin paper (7-1/2 inches x 8 inches), a figure is surrounded by three garments which do not need to be glued together, since they can simply be folded at the shoulder level and slipped over the head of the figure. The doll
This Psyché doll dates from the 1840s. Author’s Collection.
This rare French print of a lady doll is from the author’s collection. It is interesting to note that the very same design was used by the same publisher in a boxed set called “Les Jeux Enfantins,” documented in the legendary Shirley Fisher collection. (cfr F. Theriault/ S. Jaeger, Paper Dolls Early Historical Rarities to Popular Culture Editions -1790-1940, page 31. Photo Courtesy Theriaults).
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Nestlé advertising paper doll sheet around 1910. Author’s Collection.
itself needs to be glued front to back but only on the upper part of the body, so that the legs portion, designed within a base, can be left unglued and posed so that the figure stands without the need of any added support; only the hats have to be glued back to front, around the upper edges, without the use of tabs and leaving the lower portion loose, in order
to easily slip the head of the doll inside the hat. Let’s finish this month’s column with this boxed set from the Romantic era, “The American Lady And Her Children,” which features a girl and a boy, printed in Germany on a quality glossy paper, back and front, and which need to be slipped into a wooden base in order to stand.
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Auction News Doll auction houses have remained active this autumn and continue to offer interesting and exciting items in upcoming sales. A few highlights from recent sales are here for your enjoyment and study.
Withington Auction
Featured in the September 17th online auction held by Withington Auction, Inc of New Hampshire was a lovely example of an American cloth doll made by Izannah Walker of Rhode Island. This 18-inch doll had painted ringlet sidecurls and black boots. She was appropriately costumed in red calico, a printed cotton apron and multi-layered undergarments. The hammered price achieved was $43,500 (plus an 18% buyer’s premium).
Ladenburger Auction
Our October 2024 cover doll, a 63-centimeter Portrait Jumeau (#4020) with the hallmark blown-glass wrap-around eyes in almond-shaped cuts was stunning in her elaborate antique lace trimmed dress and bonnet. The doll was on her straight-wristed Médaille d’Or Paris stamped body. The high bidder claimed her at the winning bid of 40,000.00 € (approx. $43555.00 US) plus the buyer’s premium. Lot 4255 consisted of a Lovely Bru Jeune on a Chevrot body with the bisque shoulder plate and delicate lower
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arms. She retained her original blue paperweight eyes, curly mohair wig, cork pate, silk costume with elaborate bonnet, and marked Bru shoes. This 67-centimeter doll went to its new home for 58,000.00 € ($62968.00US) plus the buyer’s premium. We invite you to check our Auction Calendar and advertisers for information about sales on the horizon.
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UFDC COMPETITIVE EXHIBIT Part I Sue Popp, Chair of the Competitive Exhibit, along with her team of volunteers, organized an outstanding competition room this year. Appreciation goes to Sue and her team, as well as to the convention attendees who entered their dolls. Appreciation also goes to the clerks, judges and monitors who worked tirelessly to make this year’s exhibit a memorable one. Congratulations to all!
President’s Choice 25-inch KPM china. Terri Beebe Collection, Old Capitol Doll Club. (Photo Kathy Monier)
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President’s Choice Study Set – French Leather Baby. Karen Delfino Collection, Land O’ Sky Doll Club.
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8-inch 18th century European poured wax head, wooden hands, and feet. Carol Cameron Collection, Doll Study Club of Boston, Chesapeake Doll Club.
Wax-over-composition, Taufling, 16 inches, late 19th century. Kathleen Zell Collection, Alacosta.
Early 18th Century English Early 19th Century Grodnertal, all Wooden, upper arms cloth, wood, jointed at shoulders, elbows, painted eyes. Carol Cameron hips and knees. Distinctive early Collection, Doll Study Club of domed head and hair painting. Carol Boston, Chesapeake Doll Club. Cameron Collection, Doll Study Club of Boston, Chesapeake Doll Club. Left to right: 1820s Wooden Tuck Comb, Grodnertal. Vicki Kutz Collection, Madison Area Doll Club. 14-inch Schoenhut child with wig, incised mark on back. January 17, 1911, USA. Judy Heckert Collection, John Harris Doll Club. 16-inch Schoenhut Early Period Graziano, Model 203, heavily carved hair, painted teeth, original clothing. Vicki Kutz Collection, Madison Area Doll Club.
Schoenhut child with carved hair. Barbara Stone Collection, Dollology, Chesapeake Maryland DC, National Doll & Toy Collectors Club NY.
Door of Hope 11 ½-inch “Old Gentleman,” stump hands, long sleeves typical of the early dolls (Qing Dynasty era – pre-1912). His long sleeves indicate that he does not do manual labor. Linda Holderbaum Collection, Battle Creek Area Doll Club of Michigan.
Study Set Autoperipatetikos Patented by Enoch Rice Morrison in NY and in England July 15, 1862. Nadine Friedmann Collection, Ohio Valley Doll Collectors Club.
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Left to right: Pre-Reservation Era Native American Plains Indian Doll, probably Sioux. Buckskin and human hair. Extensive beading. Karen Cheek Collection, Memberat-Large, Region 6. Crow doll in Beaded Cradle. Ca 1900-1910. ca 1880 through ca 1910 was the height of the use of American flags in Plains beadwork. Sharilyn Whitaker Collection, Humbolddt Dollectors. Taufling in dark blue uniform. Claudia Foster Collection, North Louisiana Antique Doll & Toy Club.
Composition Celebrity Judy Garland Composition Effanbee Patsy. Joel Hoy as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz Collection, Heirloom Doll Collectors Club. by Ideal. Lorene Stone Collection, Springfield Missouri Doll Study Club.
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Billiken Composition Horsman “Can’t Break Em” Character. 1909. Tim O’Connor Collection, Heirloom Kansas City.
German pouty character with celluloid head and a linen body made by Bruno Schmidt in the 1920s. Rebekah Kaufman Collection, Doll Study Club of Boston.
Hard plastic Ideal Tony. Carol Hollander Collection, Wichita.
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t the far end of Mildred Seeley’s doll cabinets smiled the mischievous googly dolls. They had been her husband Vernon’s dolls. I was riveted by them. Mildred, author of numerous doll books, said that I could buy them if I wrote a book on that genre. I began my adventure in 2001. Mary Krombholz, who conducted groundbreaking research into the origins of antique dolls and published her findings, served as an invaluable mentor in my research process. I had never written a book. Mary recommended Christiane Graefnitz, also a notable researcher and author on antique dolls, guide my husband, Joe, and me on a tour of the now silent German factories that had once created these delightful dolls.
In 2001 we met Christiane in Rothenburg, Germany. Joe was excited to drive the Autobahn and country roads taking us to sites of historical interest to antique doll collectors. In each location Christiane arranged for the dolls and information I sought to be available. She translated the words of warm, welcoming people. The Deutsches Spielzeugmuseum in Sonneberg contained answers to many questions. In Köppelsdorf a market with apartments above stood where Armand Marseille’s factory had once produced dolls. A relative of a former worker in that factory shared his story with Christiane. The abandoned villa and Above: Einco shoulder head 8764 was displayed at the Deutsches Spielzeugmuseum in Sonneberg, Germany. Translated the inscription reads “Shoulderhead//Bisque//Character//around 1914, Lichte, Thüringen//Gebr. Heubach.” Left: Christiane Grafnitz with Reinwald Sauerteig, who was related to Ernst Heubach and whose grandfather worked at the Armand Marseille factory. 24
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botanical gardens of Armand Marseille were guarded by a large unwelcoming dog. In the same town Ernst Heubach’s villa was still occupied. His factory had last produced heating pipes for the Democratic Deutch Republic. Tenneberg Castle in Waltershausen displayed googlies among their doll collection. Kestner’s factory had become apartments. Also, in that town the Kämmer & Reinhart factory stood beside railroad tracks Kestner helped bring to the area in 1848. A doll festival featured a marching band that was sometimes joined by children.
Clockwise from top: Entering Waltershausen. Postcard of Tenneberg Castle museum in Waltershausen. Inscription translates “Character baby doll” for googly in the Tenneberg Castle. Kestner’s factory converted to apartments.
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Band marching in doll festival parade in Waltershausen.
The factories of Max Handwerck were in various states of disrepair, but his lovely home was a residence. Bruno Schmidt’s dwelling was inhabited while his factory was gone. Heinrich Handwerck’s factory location was now a vacant lot and his home could not be found. A modern doll company, Waltershauser Puppenmanufaktur, produced contemporary dolls created by German doll artists. Everywhere were reminders that this area of Germany had been part of East Germany in the not-toodistant past. Reunification was still in progress. Returning to Rothenburg we joined Lynn and Dean Murray’s TLC Doll Tour of the Doll Museums of Europe. Lynn, a former president of the United Federation of Doll Clubs, and her husband thoughtfully planned a tour of historical sites and grand museums. After we toured the Rothenburg Puppen und Spielzeugmuseum, Lynn led us to a shop where we purchased proper attire for the bears Lynn had made each of us. In route to Oberammergau we were enjoying the Wies Church when we learned of the tragic events of that date, September 11, 2001. In Vienna two days later all the church bells rang out on our National Day of Prayer. The Puppen und Spielzeugmuseum in Vienna included numerous googlies in their collection. An accommodating staff gentleman even assisted me in acquiring a googly currently at auction in Germany. Crossing into the Czech Republic we viewed Prague’s Toy Museum which included googlies.
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Googlies in the Puppen und Spielzeugmuseum in Vienna.
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Returning to Germany we strolled the refurbished porcelain factories of Dresden and Meissen where, in the 1700s, china production began in Europe. Roland Schlegel’s German Doll Company in Saalfeld, Thüringia, Germany, offered a glimpse into undisturbed past of the Weiss Kuhner doll factory. We were privileged to have permission to dig in the factory’s dumping grounds for discarded porcelain items. In Lausche, the center of glass doll eye production, slate-sided homes lined cobblestone streets. Glass blowers Googly in th e Toy Museu m located at practiced their ancient art. the Prague C astle, Prague , Czech Repu We arrived back in Sonneberg, Germany, blic. just in time for their festival and a second visit to their museum. The History and Art of Googlies was published in 2002 by Hobby House Press. When they closed, the remainder of the books were transferred to Reverie Publishing Company. Upon their ceasing operations, I donated a substantial portion of the books to the United Federation of Doll Clubs. This publishing adventure has been a very positive learning experience complete with new friends and wonderful events.
Former Weiss Kuhner doll factory in Saalfeld, Thüringia, Germany.
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Clockwise from top left: Glass blower in Lauscha, Germany, factory. Festival at Deutsches Spielzeugmuseum, Sonneberg, Germany. Googly doll head in Sonneberg museum. Blown glass doll eyes from Lausche displayed in Sonneberg museum. Cover of The History and Art of Googlies (Hobby House Press, 2002). ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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Remembering the Ladies Early Doll Collectors and Authors of Note By Elizabeth Ann Coleman
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design skills in dressing s promised dolls in examples of in an article contemporary fashion. on early male Over four generations doll collectors and Powell women chose authors the ladies now [1] contemporary dolls have their turn. And as vehicles on which their approach is quite to display miniature different, sometimes versions of garments from surprising, sometimes their own wardrobes or less so but always garments they admired. thoughtful of others. They often used the The men, active ca.1850 selfsame fabric that had on, began by focusing on commercial and been employed in their historical matters; the own garments. It all begins with Laetitia Clark women, mostly active (1741-1801) dressing a ca. 1870 on, looking This wax headed doll dressed to represent Mrs. David (Letitia) Powell in her “wedding suit” of 1761. Victoria & Albert Museum. Source: Internet doll in the fashion of 1754. through different lenses Her work according to focused on processes Victoria and Albert Museum records ended in 1814[2] and and personalities. First and foremost, they opened windows on the world both literally and figuratively. was picked up by her grand- and great granddaughters While starting out about a quarter of a century later than who carried on the tradition until 1912. By 1761 we have the armchair males it was the women who packed up, firm documentation of personal association of Laetitia’s left the comfort of home to explore the world in quest of work, under her married name Mrs. David Powell,[3] who information on and examples of dolls. And while the men used a then popular wax headed doll on which to record focused on older examples the women went for more her cream silk “wedding suite.” While many of the outfits contemporary examples. are worthy examples of then contemporary fashion the But before you meet the influencers of the nineteenth ladies also documented flash fashions, such as the fad century, we need to acknowledge members of an English “Dolly Varden” outfits of the late 1860s and the up-andfamily called Powell. For more than a century and a half coming trend towards more practical women’s attire as ladies in a branch of this family assembled a collection represented by a doll wearing a suit suitable for bicycling of dolls on which they lavished their needlework and dating to the late 1890s.
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Above 2 photos: Fashion fad dress of 1869, the “Dolly Varden” based on a character in Charles Dickens’ Barnaby Rudge, 1841 as dressed by a Laetitia Powell descendant on a contemporary wax doll. Victoria and Albert Museum. Contemporary song sheet music. Both Sources: Internet Right: Wax headed doll dressed in 1898 by Beatrice Powell. The doll is wearing a two-piece suit that is suitable for bicycling, as her unseen miniaturized accompanying accessory indicates. Victoria and Albert Museum. Source: Internet
Just as Natalis Rondot had started out in the mid-19th century publishing article length observations on dolls so too did some of the women but their dolls had, or at least were thought to have, what we refer to today as provenances.[4] Rondot did his writings from dolls to be seen locally; the ladies were far more adventurous going to productions sites and leaving us detailed descriptions of how the dolls themselves were made, and even exported. A prime example is Clara L. Matéaux who in a chapter of her book, Wonderland of Work (1894) details wax doll making in Germany as well as elsewhere in her writings offering readers insight into ceramic production and other topics related to dolls. Prior to Matéaux’s writeup and leading the way was a respected English Egyptologist, adventure traveler and author who decided in the summer of 1872 to explore the Dolomites, the rugged mountains that over the decades have switched ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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Engraved illustration of production steps in creating a wax-over doll found in C. L. Matéaux’s book, Wonderland of Work, 1894. Coleman coll.
Amelia B. Edwards whose visit to the Grodner Tal in 1872 is documented in her detailed memoire of the experience Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys, 1890. Source: Internet
association between neighboring Austria, Italy, and Germany. Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards, (1831-1892) in her book Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys[5] has left us the richest description of all phases of wooden doll production in, and distribution from, the remote Grodner Tal valley which millions of peg-jointed wooden dolls have claimed as their birthplace for now more than a two centuries. As tempting as it is we cannot draw any conclusion that the reissue of the Edwards’ book in 1890, or Emma Brewer’s[6] serialized “Toydonia: Or, The Land of Toys” published in 188586 in The Girl’s Own Paper featuring dolls from the Grodner Tal, had any influence on publishing material on the dolls associated with Britain’s then Queen. The vast majority of Princess Victoria’s play dolls had first seen the light of day in this remote valley and we should remember that at that point they were newcomers to the toy shops of the rest of the world. Perhaps a woman named Frances H. Low picked up on this connection. Far from being the first female to write on the topic of dolls but leading the parade with the first known non-juvenile book authored by a woman on the topic of dolls was this British author. Instead of following the men she cuts a new path and looks at the dolls associated with one person, not just any person but someone who today we would call a celebrity. In 1892 Low had broken ground with a photograph illustrated article in The Strand Magazine on the childhood dolls of no less a personality than Queen, and Empress, Victoria. It was so well received that two years later, 1894, Low’s book, Queen Victoria’s Dolls with illustrations by Alan Wright was published. 32
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Late 19th century Grodner Tal peg jointed doll of the type Edwards would have seen in production and being prepared for shipment. Coleman coll.
Line drawing by S. R. Canton of women transporting doll parts for assembly in St. Ulrich, Grodner Tal in 1885 as pictured in Brewer’s “Toydonia.” Coleman coll.
In the same year[7], again writing for The Strand Magazine, Low would author an article on “Distinguished Women and Their Dolls.” These ladies, however, were keepers of their childhood playmates, not collectors of dolls cherished by others.
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Clockwise from above: Frances Low’s article on Queen Victoria’s dolls published in The Strand Magazine, 1892 with photographic illustrations. Coleman coll. Cover of Frances Low’s book on Queen Victoria’s dolls with watercolor illustrations by Alan Wright, 1894. Coleman coll. Reflecting the young princess’ interest in the preforming arts Victoria dressed several of her dolls after performing artists of the day, Mlle. Porphyria Brocard and Mlle. Sylve Leconte. They appear in Alan Wright’s watercolors for Low’s book. Coleman coll. Sarah Bernhardt. Source: Internet
A review of mid-late nineteenth century literature brings forth a number of women who were claimed as doll collectors but reading further they do not meet our current definition. Just like Queen Victoria their collections were frozen in time as owners advanced into adulthood. It is not until the end of the 19th century that women really begin to be visible as collectors of dolls. And not just as collectors but educators and philanthropists employing dolls. For several decades (ca.1885-1905) two women whose names were known internationally played a role in promoting dolls. These great actresses of the day counted dolls among their personal possessions. Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was a keen enough collector to become a founding member of the first doll club in France, Société des Amateurs de Jouets et Jeux Anciens, which was founded before 1905. Likewise, her contemporary, the English
actress, Ellen Terry (1847-1928), was a frequent supporter of charity events offering dolls from her collection, especially something Terry herself had dressed.[8] Perhaps the most visible name associated with a collection of dolls at the end of the 19th century/beginning of the 20th century was that of Queen Elisabeth of Romania, better known by her nom de plume, Carmen Sylva[9]. She was identified even as a child as a “doll mother,” sewing doll clothes based on her own patterns and preserving her own childhood dolls in the cupboards of the family castle of Neuwied in Germany. Elisabeth, who had lost her only child, a daughter, more than twenty years earlier followed her mother’s suggestion in 1897 and gathered hundreds of dolls with stories to tell to aid children in need. She set up her first display back in her native German state. Its success on every front gave the Queen a new and productive lease on life as her little ambassadors not just ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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Ellen Terry. Source: Internet
A Bébé Jumeau dressed by Ellen Terry for a charity event, December 1890, New York City. From Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, p. 394 Coleman coll.
educated those who came to see the shows but for years to come raised monies for those in need. Her working collection was recognized in the first issue of the France’s first doll club, Sociéte des Amateurs de Jouets et Jeux Anciens, with a lead article. Publicity on Elisabeth’s collection was extensive and international and it caught the eye of another Elizabeth, an American doll collector with many of the same ideas. Elizabeth Richards Horton (1837-1928), then a resident of Boston, Massachusetts, one day in 1896 had neighborhood children clamoring to see her childhood dolls. Between them they decided the audience needed to be expanded and a viewing fee to be given to a children’s charity should be charged. The positive response caused an expected ripple effect. Similar events were arranged and Horton immediately recognized she needed more dolls so she first solicited from friends, then representatives of foreign missions and global explorers such as Admiral Byrd and Cecil B. Rhodes and finally she got to world leaders, including Queen Victoria, the Emperor and Empress of Japan, Russia’s Czar and Czarina, and kindred spirit, Queen Elisabeth of Romania. Horton’s collection would grow – its exact high number being unknown – and Horton would christen it her euphoniously named International Doll Collection. After years of extensive travel and storage it was in pretty rough condition when she offered it in 1922 to her family’s 17th century homestead in Wenham, Massachusetts as a foundation for a proposed museum. Volunteers and budding staff culled the collection for salvageable items and in the process made the collection one of the two oldest doll collections presently held by publicly run museums in the world. Without doubt the most famous Wenham doll is “Miss Columbia” who between 1900 and 1902 circumnavigated the globe by herself raising funds for children’s charities along the way. In France at about the same time there was fiercely independent teacher, Marie Koenig (1841- ca.1917), who in 1884 gained a position at a Pedagogical Museum, in Brest, Brittany, 34
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Queen Elisabeth of Romania (Carmen Sylva) at the time of her first charity exhibition of dolls. The Strand Magazine, 1898. Coleman coll.
A small selection of the dolls gathered by Queen Elisabeth of Romania for her first charity doll exhibition, 1898 including Romanian Boyars and Bards and the Shah of Persia (Iran). The Strand Magazine, 1898. Coleman coll.
where handcrafts were taught to youngsters. The word museum would follow Marie throughout her life and long afterwards. By 1896 Koenig had convinced her superior that dolls in regional dress were vital teaching tools. Two hundred dolls grew to four hundred and sixty by 1909. In the meantime, to publicize her thoughts in 1900 a book, Dolls and Legends of France, probably timed to celebrate the 1900 Universelle Exposition in Paris, was issued promoting the collection and her work. Koenig authored another book in 1909, Musée des Poupées this time illustrated with photographs. This book reenforces her belief that dolls were vital teaching tools in a museum situation, especially in regard to educating children. Between 1902 and 1915 she contributed to Le Petit Français Illustré, a publication aimed at school children. Her columns frequently touched on the topic of dolls. At the same time, she arranged more exhibits. Her doll displays came to rest at the outbreak of World War I at the Trocadero Museum in Paris before being
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broken in two with the colonial and foreign dolls going to the Musée de l’Homme in Paris before going more recently to the Musée du Quai Branly while dolls in French and historical costumes have recently come to rest in Marseille at MUCEM[10]. As one can see both the Koenig and Horton collections honor the memory of the determined women who assembled and promoted their possessions for the betterment of not just their contemporaries but generations to come. To this day their collections remain accessible for public appreciation and education. In preparing this article an interesting contemporary article turned up.[11] Entitled “A Curious Museum” it identifies the Koenig museum by address and boasts many photographs of her dolls. The most interesting one illustrates “Fish-Girls of Boulogne as they dress for Fête-Days and Working-Days.” Our friend from the Legends book is pictured but she is seen with her everyday work cap. It appears for Mathey’s sketch she has borrowed the headpiece of the fête attired doll. While not a publicized name as a doll collector during her lifetime the name of Herminie de la Brousse de Vereillac, Duchess of Rohan (1853-1926) came to light in 1984 when her great-granddaughter-in-law opened a doll museum in the stables of the late Duchess’ home, Josselin Chateau, in Rohan, Brittany. In her day, the Duchess was known as a poet and painter and for her remarkable salons in Paris. Her dolls were found in an unexplored section of the extensive chateau. Family records indicate they ranged from dolls of Herminie’s youth through ones that she collected with her daughter Marie (1876-1951) on travels as far east as Russia, and Serbia. Always in mind as her family gathered the dolls was Herminie’s worry that traditions and costumes of the past would soon be lost in what she saw as a fast-changing world. In a step that no doubt would give the Duchess great pleasure the family, in setting up a museum, has extended the holdings to include more modern dolls. During the second half of the nineteenth century women would write brief articles on dolls for publications directed at women readers. The authors were not necessarily associated in any way with their subject matter which frequently involved dolls with some then
A display of dolls dressed in regional costumes worn in the Netherlands from the collection of Queen Elisabeth of Romania. Coleman coll.
Elizabeth Richards Horton, founder of the Wenham Museum’s doll collection. Wenham Museum collection. French poupée from private collection of Elisabeth of Romania gifted to Elizabeth Horton founder of the doll collection that became the foundation of the Wenham Museum. Wenham Museum collection.
Elizabeth Horton’s childhood doll, given away but returned when recipient learned of the pending collection and its uses. Wenham Museum collection.
Added to the Wenham collection in memory of Horton after her death by a family friend, this English wooden doll belonged to Susanna Holyoke who along with her maid attended a ball in 1795 in Salem, Massachusetts. The following day the maid dressed this doll in one of the gowns they had seen, something in an earlier fashion. Wenham Museum collection.
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Far left: Watercolor of two leather Apache Indian dolls from the Wenham Museum sketched by a Works Progress Administration (WPA) artist for the Index of American Design (1935 -1942). National Gallery of Art. 1943.8.15544 Left: “Miss Columbia” left the home of her makers, Emma and Marietta Adams of Oswego, New York, in 1899 to become part of Elizabeth Horton’s then approximately 600-strong collection. The following year the cloth doll set off on a two-year journey around the world and is seen in the illustration as she came home in 1902. Wenham Museum collection. Photo from Wenham collection book, 1951.
fairly recent historical association. But by the end of the 1890s, a decade when dolls representing all nationalities had been welcomed in nurseries the doll collecting ladies began to combine the two views in their articles. There are two other doll collectors of note whose names first appear as the nineteenth century closes. The most prominent, Laura B. Starr, will be covered by an individual article. Suffice it to say she was a flag bearer for the cause, the hub of an ever-speedier doll collecting wheel. The other seems to have been more like most doll collectors today: an armchair collector, that is the dolls came to her, but her collection had representatives of global scope while modern collectors seem to focus on products associated with manufacturers and artists, mostly of domestic origin. This collector, Annie Fields Alden (1863-1912), from the state of New Jersey, and an editor by trade[12] did not follow the previous articles on dolls which had focused on dolls noted for associations but rather her assembled global representatives. She did this in three articles for the Ladies Home Journal in 1898 and 1899. The articles, all titled “My Collection of Dolls” speak to the importance of dolls as teaching tools. 36
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Marie Koenig’s Dolls and Legends of France published in 1900 to coincide with the Universal Exhibition of that year which featured Koenig’s gold medal winning exhibition of her dolls. Only dolls, from ca. 1835-1900 in French regional costumes are discussed. Coleman coll.
Koenig enlisted artist Paul Victor Mathey (1844-1929) to illustrate her Legends book, The watercolors are clear enough to see that the doll models are contemporary leather bodied poupées; their bisque heads likely being Françoise Gaultier products. The doll shown is dressed as one of the well-known fisherwomen of Boulogne. Coleman coll.
If all these stories sound rather repetitive, we must remind ourselves that in their time these collectors showed both great foresight and an understanding that dolls could be a learning tool for peoples of all ages, from infancy to old age, and humanities diversity of backgrounds. They recognized that the world was shrinking and in doing so it would become so homogenized that wherever one went within a hundred years there would be a near universal look in apparel. And perhaps a greater need than ever for an understanding of how our planet—its climate and geography—and our various cultures that embrace religions and politics influence our individual lived lives. That because of their size and portability dolls would rank
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among the best conveyors of technologies, customs, and costumes in educating both the young and the old. And that there was an important role that dolls could play in raising funds for all sorts of charitable work. These creative, foresighted, energetic women, one and all, set goals still to be admired and emulated today. [1] A separate article in this series will be devoted to the pivotal collector/author Laura B. Starr. [2] The confusion in dates may come because Laetita Clark Powell and husband David had a daughter named Laetitia (1766-1859) and it was she, not her mother who gave up dressing dolls in 1814, handing the activity over to the next generation. [3] David Powell was a London merchant. [4] Sadly, not all the early provenances have proven correct, the doll Letitia Penn being a primary example. The urge to make something older than it is a crippling disease among families and doll collectors. [5] Originally published in 1873 as A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites. [6] Brewer covered the toy making regions of Germany on her trip in 1885 including St. Ulrich for the popular wooden dolls. Sketches for her articles were partially the work of R. R. Canton. [7] January 1, 1894 [8] Such contributions from her are noted as early as 1890. [9] For more on life of Elisabeth/Carmen Sylva see Antique Doll Collector, “A Queen’s Fairytale Dolls,” September 2007, vol.10, # 8, pp 44-50. [10] Museums of the Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean [11] “A Curious Museum,” by F. W. Marshall, unknown publication, January 1910,pp.241245. Coleman collection. [12] Editor, along with her father, for the new monthly Harper’s Magazine (1894).
Clockwise from top left: Photograph published in 1909 of Koenig’s Fish-Girls from Boulogne dressed in festival and everyday work attire. It appears that for the Mathey sketch the headwear has been switched, thus defeating the purpose of the dolls to be authentic representations. Coleman coll. A French magazine dated 1902 illustrating school children enjoying the offerings of the museum of dolls. This magazine would continue in random issues to promote the doll museum up until the outbreak of World War I. Source: Internet Herminie, Duchess of Rohan wanted to preserve dying customs and costumes and she, along with daughter Marie quietly accomplished this at the turn of the twentieth century by acquiring dolls. Their collection would go unrecognized until 1984 when its riches were made public. Source: Internet Antionette de Rohan, great-granddaughter-in-law of collector Herminie, Duchess of Rohan, before a new display of dolls in the Josselin museum, 2022. Le Ploërmelais, June 9, 2022. Source: Internet Final article of three on doll collecting by Annie Alden Fields in Ladies Home Journal, 1899. Coleman coll. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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Young Cheyenne girl. 1879–1930. Courtesy of Montana Historical Society Library and Archives.
n this study we will investigate the dolls of these proud and alluring Plains Nations. You will find that the dolls mirror the lifestyle of the Plains peoples. The term Native American or Native American Indian is used in the United States and First Nation is used in Canada. Here is some background information: Originally, the Native inhabitants of the New World were called “Indians.” This term “Indian” is a misnomer. Christopher Columbus, thinking he had reached the country of India called the encountered inhabitants “Indians.” Plains Natives are perhaps the most easily recognized of all the Indigenous peoples. There are a number of reasons for this. They were well known for their horsemanship, buffalo hunting, tipis, and war bonnets. Many Plains nations retained their original way of life longer than most of the other Native people through much of the 19th century. Because most of the final Native American Wars involved the Plains Indigenous people their fighters captured the nation’s imagination with their bravery, skill, and resourcefulness which was highly publicized. Their way of life was romanticized. They had a freedom of movement and independence of the open range. The cultural boundary of the Great Plains peoples shown on the map highlights a region that is treeless, a grassland that was called an “ocean of grass.” It was the very last part of the country to be settled.
First Landing of Christopher Columbus 1800–1805. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art.
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to the Plains people were the Plateau. Lewis and Clark reported that they were very helpful to their expedition. The Plateau people were known as excellent warriors in battle. They also adopted many customs attributed to the Plains people: similar clothing, eagle feather headdress, conical skin tipi, and an annual buffalo hunt. The book Eiffel’s Tower by Jill Jonnes (Viking, 2009) explores the Paris World’s Fair of May 1889 and has some very interesting information on Buffalo Bill, Thomas Edison, Chief Red Shirt, and others. Buffalo Bill’s Wild Wild West Show was a huge success at the Fair. At this Fair Thomas Edison recorded a message in Lakota/ Dakota including a Native American war whoop.
Map of cultural area boundary of the Great Plains peoples in North America.
We will look at dolls from a variety of Plains peoples. The Blackfeet dyed their moccasins black. The Crow call themselves the Absaroka meaning “bird people.” The Sioux called the Crow “red talkers” or “people of a different speech.” Before we go any farther it is important to note that the Sioux called themselves the Lakota or the Dakota which is how they will be identified in this study. The Chippewa called the Lakota/Dakota people “Nadouessioux” meaning adder or snake. The name Apache was given to them by the Zuni. It means “enemy.” The Apache borrowed the lifestyles of the Plains. They acquired horses in the late 1600s; they used tipis, and they pursued buffalo herds. A neighbor to the Plains Native peoples were the Nez Perce in the northwest part of the country. This name originated from the French fur trappers and means “pierced nose.” Another neighbor
Sampling of Plains American Indian dolls.
Buffalo Bill and Plains warriors, 1886. Photo courtesy of Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
The Plains peoples hunted a variety of animals: antelope, deer, rabbit, elk, bear, wolves, coyotes, but the buffalo was central to the Plains peoples. It supplied their food, clothing, bedding, and shelter. There were approximately 86 non-food uses.
Buffalo Hunt on Southwest Prairies by John Mix Stanley, 1845. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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The Plains Native American way of life was transformed with the arrival of the horse which was introduced in the 1500s by the Spanish explorers. The Plains nations acquired the horse in early to mid-1700s. The horse revolutionized hunting and warfare. It gave them the flexibility to follow the Nomadic way of life and the ability to pursue the buffalo. They called the horse “Sacred Dog,” “Spirit Dog” and “Medicine Dog.” The tipi, a Lakota/Dakota word meaning “used for dwelling,” was also perfect for their Child’s toy tipi with 5½ inch Lakota nomadic lifestyle. doll, 1900s.
developed what is probably the most recognizable baby carrier of the Plains, the lattice cradle. This form spread from Kiowa to Comanche, to Cheyenne and the Dakota peoples of the Central Plains. Grouping of Plains toy cradleboards, 1880–1950s.
Cheyenne cradleboard 11½ inches,1880s.
Tipi photo by Edward Curtis. Courtesy of Battle Mountain, Nevada.
The book Empire of the Summer Moon (Scribner, 2010) by S.C. Gwynne gives a wealth of information on the Comanches. There are facts concerning the huge herds of buffalo hunted by the Plains Indians, details on early Texas and the Texas Rangers, and information about the Colt pistol. Comanches were the only Plains people to fight on horseback. The first settlers to see “mounted” Native Americans were those in Texas. Be aware some of the information given in this book is very graphic. For the most part Native children did not regard their dolls as babies, but as adults with the exception of those in cradleboards. Linda Poolaw of the Kiowa nation is quoted as stating that “the cradleboard is a house for the beginning of life.” The Kiowa of the southern Plains 40
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Plateau or Crow cradleboard 18½ inches, 1910s.
Early children’s dolls were possibly twigs with no distinction between male and female. This was left to the child’s imagination. Dolls were educational toys and childhood companions. The doll is a universal teaching tool instructing young girls on their role and instrumental in learning women’s Example of early twig doll. skills in their society. Identifying the correct Plains Native American doll origin can be difficult. Forrest Fenn, renowned author and collector on the topic of Native peoples is quoted as saying, “When you encounter beadwork from a western tribe and declare it to be Sioux, you’ll be correct 85 percent of the time. Also, two-thirds of the Plains dolls are female and about half of those wear dresses with fully beaded yokes.”
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The doll body materials are diverse. Up until around 1865 the body was completely leather. After 1865 as muslin began to be more readily available, most Plains dolls incorporated some cotton into the bodies. Basically, the women used the material that was the most available at that time. Lakota/Dakota doll 14¼ inches, 1910s.
Example of doll body of all leather, Blackfeet mid-1900s, 11½ inches.
Example of doll body of all leather, Lakota/Dakota early 1900s, 11 inches.
Example of doll body of all leather, Crow pre-1925, 14 inches.
Doll body showing mattress ticking used in body construction, 1910s.
The hair of the doll was also varied with the majority being buffalo fur (after 1840) and horsehair. At times long strips of wool, cotton yarn or string would be braided and sewn to the doll’s head representing hair.
Rare two-faced Lakota/ Dakota doll, early 1900s,11 inches with buffalo hair.
Crow doll “Little Wolf” with buffalo hair.
Lakota/Dakota doll 1960s, 11½ inches with horse hair.
On very rare occasions dolls have been found with human hair scalps. The Native Americans had several symbolic reasons for using this type of hair for the doll. It could have been an act of revenge displaying a tangible symbol of victory over their enemy. They considered the hair being imbued with varying degrees of supernatural powers. It could have been meant to belittle or further humiliate the slain enemy. A fourth reason may have been to turn an enemy into a member of that particular native group. As the Plains peoples were “being decimated by disease
Apache doll 1910s-1920s, 12 inches.
Apache doll 1800s-early 1900s, 14½ inches with human hair scalp, rare
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and warfare it became a common practice to increase the tribe by capturing prisoners and adopting them into the tribe. Hence, a doll with a human scalp, given to a child would be cherished and played with effectively adopting the enemy into one’s own group.” There were differences of facial features on the Plains dolls. Some dolls had eyes and mouth; some Close-up of Apache doll with had eyes, mouth, and nose human hair scalp. (less frequent); some had eyes, mouth, and nostrils (unusual); others had eyes, mouth, nostrils, and eyebrows (rare). Certain dolls had drawn-on or sewn-on features or no features at all. Another rarity is a doll that has ears. Very often the female doll would have earrings, but they were simply attached to the side of the doll’s head. There is very interesting Lakota/Dakota doll with ears documentation from 1890 1890s, 13 inches, very rare. stating Lakota orphan children were formally adopted by a member of that native community. The child would be part of that family throughout his/her life. The child’s face was painted with vertical stripes. The doll pictured was from the estate of W.A. Clark, a copper baron, railroad builder, art collector, United States Senator and the father of Huguette Clark, a wellknown doll collector. Please note the vertical stripes very evident on the doll’s forehead. Crow doll “Little Wolf” pre-1925, In the provenance that 14 inches, showing the forehead accompanied this doll she painting imitating an adoption was named “Little Wolf.” ceremony. 42
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The clothing of the Plains Nations dolls was made from scraps left over from the making of adult clothing. It consisted of leather or buckskin, stroud cloth, cotton, or calico. The length of the dress is a possible indication of tribal affiliation. The Northern Plains and Apache dolls’ dresses were nearly always full length. In addition the Northern Plains dolls usually wear no underclothing. The Southern Plains dolls’ dresses were knee length. Sewing machine patents were registered in New York by 1850. In the following years there is evidence of these being used on materials worn by Native Americans and their dolls.
Northern Plains and Apache dolls displaying full-length dresses.
Southern Plains dolls displaying knee-length dresses.
There were diverse decorations on a Plains doll. Fringe decoration was popular with most Plains peoples. The Northern Cheyenne female dolls sported beaded tabs on the body of the dress. Earrings for both male and female dolls were usually affixed to the sides of the face and suspended on each side. The eagle feather headdress was the most recognizable feature for the Plains nations.
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Plains doll with beaded tabs on the body of her dress.
Plains doll with beaded tabs on the body of her dress.
Close-up of Plains doll displaying earrings affixed to the sides of the face.
Close-up of Apache male doll showing earrings affixed to the sides of his face.
Their fascination with the color blue may have come from their difficulty in producing a deep blue from natural dyes. The Hudson Bay Company records show the rate of exchange of the various colored beads. Please note that a large opaque blue bead is exchanged for two beaver pelts— very valuable indeed. Trade blue beads with 5½ inch May 14, 1804 Lewis Lakota/Dakota doll, 1900s. and Clark embarked on their Corps of Discovery expedition. Along with other trade items for the Native Americans they carried 33 pounds of glass pony beads.
Lewis and Clark at Three Forks by Edgar S. Paxson, 1912. Courtesy of Montana State Capitol Art Collection. Close-up of Apache female doll showing earrings affixed to the sides of her face.
Plains doll wearing an Eagle feather headdress.
Originally the beading colors sewn on were earth tones that the women made from natural dyes and pigments. Then the traders introduced glass beads. The Indigenous peoples liked all glass bead colors, but blue beads were their favorite. Red, yellow, orange, purple, green, and their corresponding shade were relatively easy to produce, but blue beads were like “owning a piece of the sky.” They had a higher value than the other beads.
The Plains peoples also decorated with elk teeth. The elk is one of only two Native American land animals with Ivory teeth. (The other being the wild boar.) There were two in the mouth of each bull which the elk used to whistle during rut season. A woman’s dress with ivories was very special. It showed the wealth of the family. Sometimes copies were carved from bone and sewn onto the dress. A further way to imitate elk teeth was to sew on white beads in a distinctive pattern. ANTIQUE DOLL COLLECTOR
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An alternative clothing adornment used was incorporating shells, a favorite trade item on the Plains after 1860. Cowrie shells simulated elk teeth. Elk teeth and cowrie shells were a proof of wealth. In the mid1800s the Crow started bringing the elk teeth decoration all the way down below the belt.
Nez Perce doll 1900s, 9½ inches with white seed beads to represent elk teeth.
Blackfeet doll with cowrie shells decorating the doll’s dress.
The various Plains Natives had different approaches in embellishing their clothing. The Southern Plains people preferred a minimal amount of beadwork with large undecorated areas of native-tanned hide clothing colored using blue, green, or yellow and red ochre powdered pigments with native paints or paint provided by traders. In contrast the Central and Northern Plains Indigenous groups applied a great amount of beadwork to objects. Beads often covered the entire yoke.
Identifying the Native American affiliation is sometimes difficult if not impossible to determine for Plains dolls. There are several reasons for this statement. Due to intertribal warfare the victors would take the “spoils of war” from the defeated group. Intermarrying between the groups Northern Plains doll, “Little Wolf,” exhibiting great amount of beadwork. was not uncommon and the doll might be fashioned with characteristics and clothing of both groups. Documentation does help but is not foolproof. These Plains dolls show us a window into the past of a world that was Lakota/Dakota doll exhibiting the great exciting and foreign amount of beadwork on her dress. to the early settlers. Their way of life is still romanticized today. (Bibliography, upon request. Email: antiquedoll@gmail.com)
Southern Plains doll exhibiting minimal beadwork; large undecorated areas of native tanned hide; colored blue, green, red, and yellow.
Grouping of Plains Native American dolls, 1880s-1930s.
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Booth 223 & 224 We look forward to welcoming you to our shop at 8098 Main Street, Ellicott City, MD on Thursday Dec. 5, 2024 443-695-2780 • jackiemom4@aol.com
Jenn Moyer Mylittledolls.com 443-223-4956
Diane’s Doll Shoppe
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Grandma’s Attic Dolls Rebecca Cherry Antiques RebeccaECherry@cox.net 703-568-7262
Joyce Kekatos
Booth 220 joycedolls@aol.com • 917-859-2446 French and German Dolls Member UFDC & NADDA www.grandmasatticdolls.com
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