Male traditional clothing doll

NameDoll

CultureKiowa

Date1920-1972

Place madeAndarko, Oklahoma, United States, North America

MediumBuckskin, cotton cloth/string, seed beads, paint, wool cloth, tin, glass and plastic beads

Dimensions12 × 5 1/2 × 1 15/16 in. (30.5 × 14 × 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.2015.28.39

DescriptionFace with beaded mouth, white and black eyes, a red beaded nose, and black eyebrows. Black hair wrapped in leather into two braids. Buckskin clothes include a shirt with fringe on the shoulders and a beaded and fringed yoke; there is orange paint on the cuffs. The belt has yellow, red, blue, and white beads. There is red, purple, and green striped loin cloth hanging from the waist. The bottom of the pants have red, yellow, and blue beading on edges. The moccasins have blue, white, and red beading on top.