Doll

Museum number:
2-71751
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
C550 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4709
Description:
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].
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, Cheyenne
Culture or time period:
Cheyenne
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
1989
Materials:
Dentalium, Leather, Paint (coating), Shell (animal material), and Wool (textile)
Taxon:
Dentaliidae
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:
Purchases from Todos Santos Trading Post, for $118. Doll probably dates from the 1950s.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
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].

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