DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Devil Doll

NameDoll

Artist Artist Not Recorded

CultureKoasati (Creek)

Date1920-1972

Place madeElton, Louisiana, United States, North America

MediumWood, paint, nails, fur

Dimensions7 1/2 × 1 15/16 × 1 3/4 in. (19 × 5 × 4.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Betsy Grant, Lisa Hendrickson and Deborah Kinder, from the Crandall Collection, A.2015.28.

Object numberA.2015.28.12

DescriptionCarved face and body with joints at shoulders, hips and knees. The head has black hair, red lips and a brown moustache and wooden cone on top. The tail is white fur. The torso, arms, and legs are blue. There is a roughly-shaped bare spot on the chest and a roughly- shaped crest on top of the head.