Male traditional dress doll

NameDoll

CulturePaiute

Date1920-1972

Place madeUnited States, North America

MediumBuckskin, cotton flannel, pearl buttons, glass seed beads, agates, elastic, feathers

Dimensions12 × 4 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (30.5 × 11.5 × 6 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.2015.28.35

DescriptionBlack hair in two braids. Brown face with black eyebrows and moustache, pink lips, and brown eyes. A brown feather headdress has a white and red beaded headband with white, red, blue, and green beading hanging down from both sides. The shirt and pants are made of buckskin with a fringe on the bottom of the shirt. From the waist hangs a partially beaded loin cloth. The belt is red, white and blue beads with a stone closure. The pants have blue, red, and white beading. The top of the moccasins have blue beading.