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Cheyenne
Beaded Dolls
c.1890
(FCDOL264)
H 14.5 inches
Male and female hide dolls. Female has partially beaded hide dress with
full beaded yoke, salt and
pepper beaded belt with drops and moccasins. Simulated dentalium shell
earrings, buffalo hair and painted face.
Male has hide coat with two beaded Morningstar on front, partially
beaded pants and moccasins,
braided buffalo hair and painted face.
Illustrated in
Spirits in the Art,
by James A. Hanson, inside cover,
and in
Historic American Indian Dolls,
by Forrest Fenn plate 6.
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