Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCDOL1137

Category: Doll

Region: Plains

Tribe: Sioux

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Buckskin, glass beads, wood, pigments, horse tail

Description: Female hide doll with partially beaded hide dress, beaded belt with a wooden knife, and beaded leggings and moccasins. The face a and fringe on the front of the dress have been rubbed with red ocher.

Dimensions: 13 inches tall

References:

Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, p-136

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