Probably Lakota
Stuffed Leather Doll
Lakota Sioux, 1866-1932
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Probably Lakota
Stuffed Leather Doll
Lakota Sioux, 1866-1932
Physical Qualities
Leather; cloth; cotton; glass beads; human hair; metal; pigment, 19 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (49.9 x 32 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. E. Ridgeley Simpson
Object Number
1941.202i
Dressed with beadwork in vertical (triangle and square) patterns on upper body (red, blue and green on white ground), two tiers of blue and white at bottom of dress, moccasins and face are beaded. Metal disks sewn to sash. Leather fringe on sides, hem and skirt.
Red, green, blue and white glass beads; red pigment
Ex-collection Smithsonian Institution: collection of V.J. Evans.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Shared Tradition: Native North American Beadwork", August 7, 1990-January 20, 1991.
Inscribed: Inked inside front of dress: V. J. Evans/358605/ 113605
