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Dakota female doll
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| Description | Female Dakota doll wears a brown leather tunic blouse and skirt with green leather fringe. Black yarn hair is braided and braids are wrapped in red cloth with brown leather fringe at ends (one missing) and decorated with clear glass seed beads. Leather head has stitched leather loop nose and faceted black glass bead eyes. Front leather panel on blouse originally was decorated with beads; all are gone with only attachment threads remaining. Arms and legs are wrapped in white cloth (likely leather body beneath). Hands are brown leather mitts. Leather "moccasins" with clear glass seed bead decorations have red cloth (possibly worn cotton velvet) leggings above. Legging seams have the same clear glass seed bead decoration. Attributed to the Rebecca Bluecloud family cottage industry. |
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| Quantity | 1 item |
| Format | Content Category: artifacts |
| Measurements | 14 inches length 6 inches width 2 inches depth |
| Nomenclature | Doll |
| Creation | Made by: Bluecloud, Mrs. Rebecca Purchased in Mille Lacs, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States Made by Dakota Indians |
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Owned/used by: Lambrecht, Lois Collected by: Bettendorf, George Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) Purchased in Mille Lacs, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States Made by Dakota Indians Indian. Recreation. Dolls Toys & Dolls. Dolls & Accessories. Dolls |
| Dates | Use: Purchased for donor by her Uncle George Bettendorf a CCC worker at Mille Lacs in 1937. |
| Holding Type | 3D Objects |
| ID Number | 2008.72.1 |