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Object Number
985-27-10/59310
Display Title
Female doll wearing leather dress w/ beadwork & fringe.
Descriptions
Object Description
Female doll wearing leather dress w/ beadwork & fringe. Fringe w/ tinklers at side of dress. Wears beaded belt w/ cloth tie. Long leather case(?) hangs off belt w/ tassles & tinklers. Extensive beadwork at top of dress & at shoulder. Beaded cloth boots. Quill earrings. 32.1x15.0 cm.
Inventory Description
Female figurine, stuffed cotton, leather beaded dress, hair, quill/tinkler ext
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Lakota
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 33 x 14.5 x 4 cm (13 x 5 11/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
985-27-10/59310, 34319
Provenance
Provenance
Chief Spotted Tail
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930 - 1985)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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