Female 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, plastic buttons

Dimensions11 × 4 × 1 15/16 in. (28 × 10.15 × 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.2015.28.25

DescriptionBrown face with red beaded lips, white and black eyes, and black painted eyebrows. Black braided hair tied with leather with orange and blue beads and she wears white round earrings. The head tie has a pink chevron design with purple and white beading and there is a white feather coming out of the back of the head. The buckskin dress has a pink chevron design on the sleeves and at the bottom of dress. There is purple beading around the pink chevron designs and there are pink, purple, teal, and white rectangle designs on the chest. The belt is a purple chevron with a white and red bead border. In the right hand is a bag with teal, white, and red rectangles.