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Love; Fertility Medicine Dolls - Potawatomi and Winnebago Indians
Guest Author - Susan Kramer

The Potawatomi, Winnebago, Menomini, Sauk and Fox Indians lived in the Chicago area about 1850. The first photo shows the medicine dolls for love and fertility - the ones across the top are from the Potawatomi Indians and the one in lower center is from the Winnebago Indians.

The 2nd and 3rd photos are examples of adult clothing of Indians from the Chicago area about 1850.

These photographs are from a display at the Field Museum in Chicago, USA.

Love and Fertility Medicine Dolls of the Potawatomi and Winnebago Indians

The next photo shows examples of men’s clothing of the Winnebago Indians on the left and Menomini Indians on the right about 1850.

Men’s clothing of the Winnebago Indians on the left and Menomini Indians on the right

Below are examples of women’s clothing from the Potawatomi Indians on the left and Sauk and Fox Indians on the right.

Women’s clothing of the Potawatomi Indians on the left and Sauk and Fox Indians on the right

All the photos on this page were taken by Susan Kramer on a visit to the Field Museum in Chicago, May 2002.

More from Field Museum:
Seminole Indian Wooden Doll and Clothing
Ceremonial Clothing of Indians of the Western Prairie
Clothing of Montagnais and Naskapi Indians of the Northern Woodlands

Charity Note:
I'd like to suggest that if you spend time making doll clothes, anyway, that you collect a few dolls from friends and neighbors and sew a wardrobe or a complete outfit for each doll. Then donate the doll in the completed outfit to a charity that distributes used dolls and toys to kids that otherwise would not have any.


Article and photography Susan Kramer

Seminole Indian Wooden Doll and Clothing
Ceremonial Clothing of Indians of the Western Prairie
Clothing of Montagnais and Naskapi Indians of the Northern Woodlands
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This content was written by Susan Kramer. If you wish to use this content in any manner, you need written permission. Contact Helen B. Wharton for details.

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