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Though the phrase "It cost and arm and a leg" was coined after Word War II, this doll paid the price much earlier that that time period. Shown are the right arm and hand and a midsection of a leg. These two doll fragments were recovered from the surface of the Canville Trading Post and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1994. The Canville Trading Post was located near the Osage Reservation in Neosho County. The post was established in 1847 by A. B. Canville. When the Osage reservation land was ceded to the United States in 1870, the Osage left for Oklahoma and Canville followed in 1872.
Date: 1847-1872
Item Number: 442969
Call Number: 14NO396 1994.B.6647 & .6648
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 442969
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Children
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure - Play
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
People - American Indians - Tribes - Osage
Places - Counties - Neosho
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880
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