Mojave Pottery Female Figurine with Clothing [R]

It is extremely rare to find a Mojave (California) doll figurine that is in as good condition as this one, and even more rare if it is by Annie Fields—the most famous Mojave potter, as this is. Partly responsible for the rarity of these is the fact that the late Rick Dillingham of Santa Fe—author of Acoma &Laguna Pottery and Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery, was an avid collector of such pieces and donated his large collection to School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe.  His collection is published in Mojave Pottery-Mojave People: the Dillingham Collection of Mojave Ceramics.

This female figurine, made of clay, has painted facial features and body striping. She wears rows of blue cut-glass beads around her neck, an elaborate beaded upper body cape, floral skirt and a red yarn belt. She wears one beaded earring but probably had a second one at some past time.

The doll is a standing figure (but should need support to protect her from falling).  She has her left hand against her stomach and her right one hanging down.  The doll dates to the 1950s.

Condition: original condition

Provenance: from a gentleman in Albuquerque

Recommended Reading: Mojave Pottery-Mojave People: the Dillingham Collection of Mojave Ceramics.