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Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71755, described as Dakota-Santee doll. Fabric stuffed doll, dressed in leather tunic. Hood had orange-red felt outline. Face made of felt with beaded features. Flat leather hands. Sewn w/ embroidery floss in green and yellow. The tunic at lower edge has a separate piece of leather which might have been furred at one time. Eyes are of blue beads w/ white in center; black beads for eyes and nose and eyebrows, and red for mouth. H = 9.5”