Sioux woman doll. Stuffed leather doll with beaded eyes and mouth. Rolled leather nose. Dressed in a “2-skin” dress; the skirt being open and laced together on the right side. Blue & red beads on both skirt and blouse. Bead necklace. Skin belt with large sequin “conchos”. Red feather in hair. H = 10”.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, Nebraska, Sioux. Made by Victoria White, a Cheyenne, who married into the Sioux Red Cloud family.
Culture or time period:
Cheyenne and Sioux
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
August 1986
Materials:
Feather (material) and Leather
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 through Dorothy Meade, Agate Springs Ranch, Nebraska for $25. Doll maker notes that the nose is her own design.