Museum object · Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
Healing doll
1880s
Georgia, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
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.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2014.312.10
