Thanksgiving Collection | Designed by Jan Simpich | Pristine Condition
The Native American Woman joined the Simpich Thanksgiving Collection much later than Squanto and the Pilgrims, so she was in production for far fewer years than the figures she stands beside.
Designed by Jan Simpich, she looks upward and holds a shallow woven basket of the harvest: a green squash brushed with orange, a pale gourd, red berries and a cluster of dark purple fruit. Squash was grown alongside corn and beans, and her basket makes a natural companion to the corn Squanto carries.
Look closely at her dress. Fringe runs across the yoke, along both sleeves and around the hem, and a chain-stitched line traces the yoke and the hemline. Beaded turquoise triangles sit at her chest and her hem, the lower one framing a small shell, and they’re surrounded by little red-and-white beaded flowers. She wears a shell pendant strung with turquoise and red beads, small turquoise earrings, leggings with notched cuffs, and red-brown moccasins on a wooden base.
She was cast from Jan’s original design, then hand-painted, beaded, and dressed in hand-sewn clothing in the Simpich doll shop. No more are being made.
Set her beside Squanto and the Pilgrims to complete the table, or let her be the piece that starts your own Thanksgiving tradition.
Thanksgiving Collection | Designed by Jan Simpich | Pristine Condition
The Native American Woman joined the Simpich Thanksgiving Collection much later than Squanto and the Pilgrims, so she was in production for far fewer years than the figures she stands beside.
Designed by Jan Simpich, she looks upward and holds a shallow woven basket of the harvest: a green squash brushed with orange, a pale gourd, red berries and a cluster of dark purple fruit. Squash was grown alongside corn and beans, and her basket makes a natural companion to the corn Squanto carries.
Look closely at her dress. Fringe runs across the yoke, along both sleeves and around the hem, and a chain-stitched line traces the yoke and the hemline. Beaded turquoise triangles sit at her chest and her hem, the lower one framing a small shell, and they’re surrounded by little red-and-white beaded flowers. She wears a shell pendant strung with turquoise and red beads, small turquoise earrings, leggings with notched cuffs, and red-brown moccasins on a wooden base.
She was cast from Jan’s original design, then hand-painted, beaded, and dressed in hand-sewn clothing in the Simpich doll shop. No more are being made.
Set her beside Squanto and the Pilgrims to complete the table, or let her be the piece that starts your own Thanksgiving tradition.
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