A large hide doll that wears a dress with a sinew-sewn seed beads, along with moccasins. The upper-part of the dress is painted green and decorated with a lazy-stitched panel in which a blue diamond frames a yellow cross. The doll has a braided tied hair with a face that is accented with blocks of beadwork to articulate a mouth and eyes.

Dolls were made lovingly by grandmothers and mothers for their daughters and grandchildren, respectively. These objects served as vessels for conveying notions of maternal roles and tribal artistic identity. To a new generation of female artists, dolls provided early exposure to their communities’ sophisticated beadwork traditions.

17” tall; accompanied by a custom table stand.

Ex Arthur Rippey, CO (1907-1995)

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