Happy Thanksgiving from the Austin Doll Collectors Society!

Thanks to member Sylvia McDonald for this festive Thanksgiving display. The Native American man in the beautifully beaded leather clothing represents a Plains Indian and dates from the 1930s. His clothing is beaded on the back as well and trimmed in real fur. He is hand carved of wood. The woman next to him dressed in bright velvet is Navajo. She also wears a concho belt and detailed moccasins. Sylvia says that this doll is very special because her brothers bought her for Sylvia in the summer of 1954 or 1955 when they visited Taos, New Mexico. The smaller female doll in front of her is Apache and purchased in 1972. She carries a papoose on her back. The two singing “pilgrims” are Byers Choice pieces Sylvia bought in Lexington-Concord, Massachusetts in 2001. She says that the final figurine of a

pilgrim mother is "nothing special," but she does complete the scene!