Mohave. <em>Brown Pottery Doll with Painted Line Designs</em>, late 19th-early 20th century. Clay, slip, yarn, cloth, string, beads, hair, resin, 8 1/2 x 4 x 2 in. (21.6 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X586. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X586_transpc003.jpg)

Brown Pottery Doll with Painted Line Designs

Artist:Mohave

Medium: Clay, slip, yarn, cloth, string, beads, hair, resin

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:late 19th-early 20th century

Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 4 x 2 in. (21.6 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm)

Collections:

Accession Number: X586

Image: X586_transpc003.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
This pottery doll wears hanging earrings and a necklace (both of dark blue and white beads), bracelets on either wrist (of sea-blue beads), and purplish-black yarn around waist which holds a red skirt. The black, thick hair falls straight with a bang effect at the forehead. Openings in ear lobes, nostrils, and mouth--eyes are black and white. Slight suggestion of breasts: toes and fingers defined. Brown line designs cross the eyes, jaws and chin and begin at the collar bone on the torso and continue, vertically, down the chest, arms and legs. Her skirt is wrapped around the waist and fastened with a yarn waistband.

Brooklyn Museum