Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCDOL264

Category: Doll

Region: Plains

Tribe: Sioux

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Glass beads, buckskin, hair, cloth, feathers, pigment

Description: Pair of buckskin dolls with beads profusely used to decorate both front and back. The female wears a cloth dress under the buckskin dress and a beaded trailer-belt around the waist. Long, dangling glass beads were used for earrings. The male wears a cloth shirt under his buckskin coat. Both dolls have painted faces, braided hair of buffalo, a feather tied to the back of the head, and beaded moccasins.

Dimensions: Height 15 inches

Provenance:

Joel Kopp, Morningstar Gallery

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