Female, baby, horse and travois doll

NameDoll

CultureAssiniboine

Date1920-1972

Place madeDodson, Montana, United States, North America

MediumCotton cloth, buckskin, paint, seed beads, wool yarn, felt, porcupine quills, feathers, sequins, wood, commercial plastic horse, imitation fur, imitation hair

Dimensions8 7/16 × 3 15/16 × 11 1/2 in. (21.5 × 10 × 29.25 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.2015.28.23

DescriptionThe female doll has a brown face with black and white beaded eyes and red lips. Her hair is in two black braids with a red feather on top of a white and red beaded headband. She is wearing a blue beaded necklace and a red beaded necklace. Her beige buckskin clothes have red designs on the arms. The baby in a cradle is deerskin with red, pink, and teal beads and designs. The woman is seated on a tan and white horse with two sticks on either side attached at the horse's head. The bottom of the sticks are connected with a bundle of brown fur between them. The beige saddle has red and blue beading on the edges.