Female traditional dress doll

NameDoll

CulturePaiute

Date1920-1972

Place madeUnited States, North America

MediumRawhide, cotton cloth, paint, synthetic hair, buckskin, seed beads, feathers

Dimensions11 13/16 × 4 1/2 × 1 15/16 in. (30 × 11.5 × 5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Betsy Grant, Lisa Hendrickson and Deborah Kinder, from the Crandall Collection, A.2015.28.

Object numberA.2015.28.34

DescriptionOrange face with brown eyes, red lips and black eyebrows. Black braided hair with blue, red, white, and green beads on the ends. On top of the head is a blue, red, and white headband with a white feather on the back. The buckskin dress has red, blue, white, and green beading on the sleeves and a fringe on the bottom. There is a wide collar with white, green, yellow, dark blue, and light blue beading. She is wearing a red and white beaded belt. The tall laced up moccasins have blue and white beading on top.