Sioux man doll. Stuffed doll, leather head and hands. Leather clothes. Face has slit with piece of leather poking out to form nose. Lightly stitched eyes and mouth; lightly rouged cheeks. Hair a combination of black cloth and wool yarn. Dressed in leather leggings to hips, leather lkilt tied around waist w/ red/white braided thread belt, hip-length tunic. Leather mocassins. Beaded design on kilt and shirt. Beaded necklaces criss-cross chest. Stitched fingers. H = 14”
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Pipestone, Pipestone County, Minnesota
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, Southern Minnesota, Siuox, Pipestone Reservation. Made originally by Chief Good Thunder for his grandaughter.
Culture or time period:
Sioux
Maker or artist:
Chief Good Thunder
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
May 1972
Materials:
Leather and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 5, 2000
Context of use:
Purchased from the Uncommon Place in Lafayette, CA for $35. Based on the fingers which are stitched with thread, the doll was made after 1930. Note on photo attached to donor inventory states that Good Thunder’s grandaughter sold the doll in 1930, and that it was made on the Pipestone [Sioux] Reservation.