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Leather doll with buckskin dress with geometric design and beaded moccasins / Unidentified

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Female doll with buck hide dress, shoulders and bodice beaded with geometric designs. Fringed sleeves dress sided, and hem. Concha belt. Beaded footwear and leggings Beaded facial features. Bead necklace with cowrie shell pendant. Thongs at skirt front.

Curatorial Remarks

Gilcrease Journal 9(2) pp21 Strands of Time: The Social Life of the Glass Trade Bead.

Cheyenne buckskin doll with beaded panels, leather fringe and small white shells. Hair drop consists three dentalium shells and a cowrie shell.

Tags: toy, doll, fringe, hair, drop, eyes, face, beaded hair, necklace, beadwork, toy moccasins, dress
People: Cheyenne
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use, personal activity

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Leather doll with buckskin dress with geometric design and beaded moccasins
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Culture: 
Native American; Cheyenne
Date: 
late 19th century
Materials/Techniques: 
hide, glass, metal, shell (cowrie)
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Doll
Accession No: 
84.904
Previous Number(s): 
8426.904; 84.904
Department: 
Anthropology
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