Female traditional dress doll

NameDoll

CultureSioux

Date1920-1972

Place madeUnited States, North America

MediumBuckskin, cotton cloth, human hair, seed beads, cotton thread, sinew

Dimensions12 1/2 × 8 7/16 × 2 1/4 in. (31.75 × 21.5 × 5.75 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.2015.28.42

DescriptionThe body, shoes, and dress are made of deer skin. The dark hair is in two braids tied with deer skin. The face has black and white bead eyes, and a red beaded mouth. Around the neck is a coral necklace. The dress has fringes on the sides and bottom of the skirt and the bottoms of the arms. There is red, white, and blue beading across the chest, waist, and bottom of the dress and the moccasins are beaded with red, white, and blue beads.