Boy doll

NameDoll

Artist Artist Not Recorded

CultureAssiniboine

Date1920-1972

Place madeDodson, Montana, United States, North America

MediumBuckskin, paint, seed beads, wool yarn, cotton cloth, porcupine quills, feathers, felt, glass, beads

Dimensions7 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 1 3/8 in. (19.75 × 7.75 × 3.5 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.2015.28.26

DescriptionBrown face with red beaded lips, white and black eyes, and black painted eyebrows. The black hair is braided with a grey and white feather on top of the head. The beige clothes have quill beading down center of chest with blue and red beads ending with a large red bead. There is blue, red, and white beading on the tops of the arms. There are two white, black, teal, and pink rectangular lines on either side of quills. The waist has an orange panel on the front and back which is attached to the waist with white and black beading. The pants have a black, pink, red, white, and teal rectangular strip down front of both legs and on to the shoes.