Deanna Skye, a Cayuga Indian, is one of the few that still carries on the beautiful craft of making corn husk dolls using materials gathered from nature. Pause for a while with an Indian mother as she makes a corn husk doll for her child.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
016281
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indians of North America - Canada
Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts and crafts movement
Crafts & Visual Arts → Handicraft
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Dolls
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)