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Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71751, described as Cheyenne “grandmother” doll. Leather stuffed doll w/ beaded features, painted facial marks, hair of horse-hair. Wears red “2-skin” style dress of wool. High, white leather mocassins and leggings. Dress decorated with leather knots on skirt, and bead on hem of blouse. Wears black cumerbund and bead necklace. Hair is in braids with danglers of dentalium shells [faux].
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71756, described as Crow Ghost Dancer doll. Carved and painted features, molded hands and feet. Cloth body. Black mohair hair in Crow hair style. Beaded leather moccasins, Pendleton leggings, beaded red cloth breechclout. Blue Ghost Dance shirt wth birds and white stars. Sleeves have geometric designs. Two beaded necklaces, horse-hair tassels and hawk feather. H = 14”.
Hearst Museum object titled Shield and cover, accession number 2-4866a,b, described as (a) Shield. Buckskin overlay on bison rawhide divided into green half and yellow half, each with colored +'s; crane's head, white feathers attached; red wool broadcloth trim on one half. (b) Cover. Buckskin with yellow "sun" in center surrounded by 1 green and 2 yellow circles; half of perimeter is red, half is yellow; 2 tassels with alternating bands of black and white beads on one side where yellow and red meet. Poor condition.

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