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Lot 319

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$1,500 - 2,500
Price Realized
$4,375
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Lot Description

Cheyenne Beaded Hide Doll
ca 1870


thread and sinew-sewn; dress composed of both native tanned hide and recycled commercial leather; face, shoulders, and leggings are beaded using colors of red white-heart, dark blue, greasy yellow, cobalt, pink, and white; remnants of yellow, orange, red, and blue pigments on dress

height 16 inches

Published:
Historic American Indian Dolls (Fenn 2007: 78 plate 19)

Spirits in the Art (Hanson 1994: 134, plate 134) 

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