Sioux female doll wearing a buffalo hide dress embellished with early glass seed beads.
Hair is made out of horsehair.
14" high
excellent condition
circa 1880-1890
(BD0226)
SOLD
Dolls were made for native children's play as well as for trade during the early Reservation era. This Sioux (Lakota) doll is wearing a beautiful traditional dress and traditional leggings and moccasins. She has seed beads for facial features.
Tall dolls like this are particularly desirable.
She is in original, unrestored condition.
(Northern Plains)
Marcy Burns American Indian Arts
525 East 72nd Street, Suite 26G
New York, New York 10021
(by appointment only)
