Female Doll with Baby
Maker
Unknown, Soshone?
Date20th C
MediumGlass beads, leather/hide, yarn, ribbon, wood base
Dimensions8” H
SignedOn the bottom of the base are the initials M.M. but perhaps not those of the artist
Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Melanie Pogue Phillips ‘99
Object numberNA2009.24.PHI
DescriptionFemale doll with fringed buckskin dress and belt, carrying a baby on her back laced into a cradle board. Mother and child have composite faces, mother has braided yarn hair. A small piece of red ribbon serves as a feather attached to a leather headband.
ClassificationsToys
Collections
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