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Dakota female doll
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| Description | Dakota female doll probably made by the Bluecloud family from the Upper Sioux Indian Community in Granite Falls, Minnesota. The doll wears an animal hide dress with fringed cuffs and hem and a red, white and blue yarn belt over a plaid loincloth. Long blue and red ribbon is sewn onto the back of the dress. Her black yarn hair is in two long braids tied with hide ornamented with blue beads, metal cones and red feathers. The doll has beaded facial features and a sculpted nose. The doll also wears a multi-strand clear and black cut bead necklace, earrings of blue beads, shells and porcupine quills, and animal hide moccasins lightly beaded with red, white, and blue beads. |
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| Quantity | 1 item |
| Format | Content Category: artifacts |
| Measurements | 15 inches height From top of feathers to feet. 10 1/2 inches width From hand to hand. 2 1/2 inches depth |
| Nomenclature | Doll |
| Creation | Made by (possibly): Bluecloud family Made by Dakota Indians Made in Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States Made in Upper Sioux Reservation, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States |
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Made by Dakota Indians Made in Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States Made in Upper Sioux Reservation, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States Dakota dolls Indian. Recreation. Dolls |
| Dates | Creation: Approximately 1960 - Approximately 1970 |
| Holding Type | 3D Objects |
| ID Number | 2010.92.6 |