Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8712123

Category: Doll

Region: Plains

Tribe: Sioux - Southern Teton

Period: 1875-1900 - ca. 1885

Materials: Native tanned deerskin; multi-colored glass seed beads; glass trade beads; cowrie shells; buffalo hair; fur.

Description: Male doll wearing a hide shirt, leggings and moccasins all of which are bead decorated. Doll is wearing a breastplate made of tubular glass beads.

Dimensions: Height: 12.25 inches 31.2 cm.

Provenance:

Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010

References:

Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 135

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