Doll
Artist
Sioux
Date19th century
MediumWood, cloth, leather, sinew, paint, brass tack
ClassificationsRecreational Artifacts
Credit LineMuseum collection
Object number1983.26.12 LA
DescriptionHead and body carved of wood. Face painted red and black, with eyes, mouth, and eyebrows drawn in black, nose carved. Leather cap tied on and tacked and missing all hair. Dressed in floral printed skirt tied at waist with sinew, and white cotton tatted collar, and leather high-cuffed moccasins (one missing). Ankles wrapped in leather strip, sewn at center with (frayed) black cloth sewn into it.On View
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Yanktonnai Sioux
SIOUX, PROB. TETON DAKOTA
c. 1900
Yanktonnai Sioux
1910-1950