Doll

45-15-728B

From: Dakotas

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-728B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Lakota
Provenience Dakotas
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Date Made ca. 1900
Section American
Materials Hide | Wool | Cotton | Glass | Tin | Human Hair (uncertain) | Pigment
Technique Beaded | Painted
Iconography Woman | Baby | Baby Carrier
Description

Female doll. Buckskin body and outer dress, with beaded yoke and trimmings. The under dresses, pick chintz and dark wool plaid, human hair braids, moccasins and leggings simulated by solid beading in pattern. Ear ornaments long strings of white with leather bars, metal belt, face painted, on her back a baby in red flannel baby-carrier with beaded top.

Height 28
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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