E0535: 1930s-1940s Skookum Native American Doll

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0535

Classification Category:

9:Recreational Artifacts ➞ Toy

Marks/Labels:

Oval printed label on bottom of foot "trade mark registered skookum (Bully Good) Indian USA painted."
Per website "Oval printed paper label. “Trademark Registered, Skookum (Bully Good) Indian, Patented U.S.A.” Logo includes sun symbol. This label may or may not include U.S.A. imprint. In use 1930s into early 40s. The “U.S.A.” may have been added closer to the 1940s." http://www.skookumgal.com/skookumnews/past/v2n1wntr2001/Pages/02feature.html

Materials:

fabric ➔ cloth
synthetic ➔ plastic
animal ➔ feather
animal ➔ hide/skin ➔ leather

Dimensions:

24 cm L
9 cm W

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Production Date:

Circa late 1930s to early 1940s, based upon label qualities and materials used.

Source Locality:

USA

Description:

Doll dressed as a Native American with decorated shoes and leggings.

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