Male traditional dress doll

NameDoll

CulturePawnee

Date1920-1972

Place madeOklahoma, United States, North America

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

Dimensions14 9/16 × 6 13/16 × 3 1/16 in. (37 × 17.25 × 7.74 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.2015.28.45

DescriptionFace with black painted features. Black hair divided into two braids with a beaded piece of leather wrapped around each mid-way. The clothes are leather and there is red "V" shaped beading on the front of the shirt. The paints are undecorated. The moccasins have green and blue beading. A leather bag or quiver across the chest. The right foot is only half connected to the body.