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Lot 321
Sale 1053 - Native American Art: The Lifetime Collection of Forrest Fenn, Part I
Jun 9, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$8,000 -
10,000
Price Realized
$8,750
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Lot Description
Cheyenne Beaded Hide Dolls, Pair
ca 1890
male and female dolls; both with muslin bodies and clothing fashioned from softly tanned hide; each further detailed with red and yellow pigments and beading in colors of greasy yellow, translucent green, pink, light blue, red white-heart, white, and translucent blue
male doll with buffalo hair braid wrapped with red wool; female with Carnelian de Aleppo beads on dress
height 17-1/2 inches and 16-1/2 inches
Published:
Historic American Indian Dolls (Fenn 2007: 68, plate 15, pg. 68)