Onoya giyada
(Iroquois Corn Husk Doll)
For centuries the Iroquois child has played with dolls made from corn husks, some dressed, some plain.

Traditionally, play dolls were made without faces, thereby encouraging the child's imagination.

After the intrusion of the European, the heads were sometimes made of dried apples with finger-pinched, molded features. The newcomers, in turn, adopted husk dolls and made them for their children.