Male dancer doll

NameDoll

CultureApsáalooke (Crow)

Date1920-1972

Place madeAshland, Montana, United States, North America

MediumBuckskin, paint, knit fabric, velveteen, wool pelt, cotton trim, felt, cardboard, plastic buttons/beads, glass seed beads, sequins, feathers

Dimensions8 7/8 × 3 1/16 × 1 15/16 in. (22.5 × 7.75 × 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.2015.28.30

DescriptionTan face with brown eyes and eyebrows, and red lips. The hair is black and there are strings of white beads on either side of the face. On top of the head is a tuft of yellow cotton and a white feather. The breastplate is made of white and red beads and the cuffs are beaded with green and white beads on buckskin. A red loincloth hangs from the waist and there is a white wool pelt on the bottom of the pants. At center back is a blue and white feathered bustle. In the right hand is a gold hatchet and there is a white, blue, and red circle with buckskin fringe hanging from the left hand.