Description:

**Originally Listed At $200**

Elsie R. Hackett (Native American, Lummi, 20th century CE) "Apple Face Doll," ca. 1950s to 1960s CE. A handmade apple face doll figure dressed in leather, cotton, and corduroy with tufts of wool hair. The apple face is indeed a dried piece of apple flesh that has blackened and wrinkled, with beads and wood pellet impressed into the surface as facial features. The underside of the left foot has a label "Created by: Elsie Hackett / Eastsound / Orcas Island, Wash." The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian collection has 2 dolls by Elsie Hackett in their collection, please refer to catalog numbers: 26/735 and 26/734. Size: 10" L x 5" W (25.4 cm x 12.7 cm)

Please note this item falls under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.

Provenance: private Alamo, California, USA collection, before 2000

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#180554

  • Condition: Stains to cotton cloth. Loss to shoelace on one shoe. Apple is naturally leathery with dust and small debris on the surface. Intact label on one foot. Overall good condition.

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