Collection Highlights
President Lincoln at Home, Reading the scriptures to his son and wife
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.52
Medium:
Paper
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Corn husk doll: woman in fancy dress and hat
Object Number:
1955.265
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Husk
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 5 x 3 in. ( 28.6 x 12.7 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Cornhusk doll with brown corn silk hair and painted face wearing bonnet and long dress carrying a parasol.
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, the donor thought that this doll was made in the eighteenth century.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
