Dakota doll

Titles: Dakota doll (Supplied title)

Description: A doll made by members of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, circa the early 20th century or earlier. The female doll has a cloth body; a leather head with painted and drawn facial features; yarn hair; a bead necklace; a collared cloth dress with fringe at the hem; and a multi-colored yarn belt. Green beads decorate the dress's bottom portion and collar, as well as the boots.

Dates

• Not later than 1940 (Date object was donated to the Minnesota Historical Society.) (Creation)

Creation

• made by: Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 2067

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 8 inches length
• 4 1/2 inches width
• 1 1/2 inches depth

Subjects

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