Female traditional dress doll

NameDoll

Artist Artist Not Recorded

CultureApsáalooke (Crow)

Date1920-1972

Place madeAshland, Montana, United States, North America

MediumLeather, paint, felt, wool yarn, cotton cloth. buckskin, sequins, shells, seed beads

Dimensions19x9.5x6.56 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.2015.28.31

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionBlack hair in two braids. Face with blue eyes, brown eyebrows and nose, and red lips and markings on sides of face. The ears have white circle earrings with a blue bead in center. The dress (elks tooth dress style) is blue with white beading and a blue, white, and red beaded belt. There is coral-colored fabric draped over the right arm and a white and blue beaded purse hanging from the left hand. The high-top moccasins have blue and red beading.