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    • Doll

    • Doll

    • Indians of North America; Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwakiutl Indians -- Social life and customs; Indian dolls; Dolls; 1950s

    • Decorated button blankets, like the one this doll is wearing, were first created in the 1800s. Fur trappers and the Hudson's Bay Company traded plain wool blankets with the Kwakiutl peoples of the Northwest, and then each family decorated the...
    • Artifacts at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
    • Moon with snakes mask

    • Moon with snakes mask

    • Indians of North America; Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America; Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies; Indian dance -- North America; Indians of North America -- Folklore; Masks; Kwakiutl Indians; Kwakiutl art;...

    • This mask was created by contemporary Kwagiulth artist Buddy George. Called “Moon with Snakes” mask, it depicts a cosmological theme, as many Northwest Coast legends do. It embodies the moon, a celestial being that was, according to legend,...
    • Artifacts at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
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