Northeast Beaded Cloth Corn Husk Doll and Cradle

Description:

Northeast Beaded Cloth Corn Husk Doll and Cradle, Iroquois, c. mid-19th century, the female form wearing traditional clothing of the period, including a commercial cloth dress with single square silver brooch/pin, traditional skirt, leggings and moccasins, beaded with multicolored C-scroll devices, the carved wood cradle with painted detail, beaded cloth wrappings and small corn husk baby, (minor loss),doll ht. 11 1/2 in.

Provenance: Collected in England.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

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