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Female Doll

Siksika (Blackfoot), 1867-1899

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Blackfeet

Female Doll

Siksika (Blackfoot), 1867-1899

Physical Qualities Leather, burlap, cotton, thread, beads, 12 15/16 x 5 3/4 in. (32.8 x 14.6 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. C.R. Miller
Object Number 1939.60
Turquoise-colored beads on dress-yoke (with squares of yellow and blue on shoulders and arms), and beadwork band around dress hem above fringe; moccasins and lower legs beaded; eyes and mouth are beadwork. Larger bead necklace. Blue, red, turquoise, white, green and yellow beads
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1939; Mrs. C. R. Miller.
Richard Conn, "Circles of the World: Traditional Art of the Plains Indians," Denver Art Museum, 1982, p. 64.

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