Plains Indian woman doll. Stuffed, fabric doll, dressed in buckskins, w/a beaded and simulated metal studded belt. Embroidered features, yarn hair, beaded headband and mocassins. H. 12”.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
USA Plains, Cheyenne
Culture or time period:
Cheyenne and Plains cultures
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
August 1968
Materials:
Buckskin 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 Gertrude DeLorenzo, in Lafayette, CA for $6. Doll had belonged to Mrs. DeLorenzo’s daughter, having been bought during a trip to the mid-west in the 1930s. Costume designation of Cheyenne, made by Jane Gregory.