Donor: Sarah J. Gregory / Culture or time period: Plains cultures / Materials: Human hair - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71828, described as Arapaho / Shoshone child’s doll. Stuffed cloth doll without features, real hair, red calico dress with leather belt. H =6.0”

Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71732, described as Sioux woman doll. Cotton stuffed doll with leather face, beaded eyes and mouth, real black hair. Dressed in fringed buckskins, painted yellow at yolk with blue and green lines along skirt. Red dot design along bottom above the hem fringe. Leather leggings to the knee with crystal and blue beads. Blue bead dangle earrings. Hair tied with red string. Arms are very short. H = 10.75”

Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71910, described as Crow “Mad Woman” doll. Rounded, flat, board cut into basic head/torso shape and covered w/brown “buckskin”. Wispy, real hair. 2 white bead eyes and black seed bead mouth. Buckskin belt is beaded w/ yellow and blue beads. Lower body of shredded bark [no legs or arms]. Animal fur tail. H = 17.0”.