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Rare Yakima pony beaded doll
c.1850
(FCDOL265)
H 13.5 inches
Rare Yakima doll cradle with doll. Doll has a buckskin head and is
strapped in a buckskin-wrapped
wooden cradle board that has a pony beaded buckskin shade. The dollšs
horse tail hair is tucked under a wide s
eed bead choker. Large pony beaded male and female human figures
decorate each side of the cradle, and the
moccasins are seed beaded. Large carnelian de Aleppo pony beads were
used for eyes. Former Paul Dyck collection.
Illustrated in
Historic
American Indian Dolls,
by Forrest Fenn plate 12.
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