- On View
- Making a Way Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1880s
- Medium
- wood, metal
- Dimensions
- 8 5/8 × 2 3/8 × 1 7/8 in. (21.9 × 6 × 4.8 cm)
- Description
- Hand-carved wooden doll. Figure has human-like body, with carved legs, a head, and arms. Figure's arms are conncected to body using nails at shoulders. Arms have ability to move forward and backward. Figure appears to have some sort of headwear carved in to the top of the figures head. A rusted nail protrudes out of the figures mouth area.
- Cultural Place
- Georgia, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
- Classification
- Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
- Type
- voodoo dolls
- Topic
- African diaspora
- Folklife
- Religion
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
- Object number
- 2014.312.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




