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Native American, Western United States, Dakota (Sioux), ca. 1920s to 1940s CE. A leather mother doll and baby, with beaded features with glass seed beads. The head is covered in yarn hair and the face is inlaid with black glass eyes that add a lifelike quality to the doll. The baby is hidden but secure inside a cradle board worn by a strap around the mother’s neck. Take note of the resemblances between this doll and those accredited to Rebecca Blue Cloud (1883-1944) in the Spurlock Museum collection. Blue Cloud’s dolls stood out amongst other dolls from this period for their distinctive features such as inset black faceted-glass bead eyes, triangular noses, and featuring an attached panel on the front of the shirt, and a unique beadwork and fringe. The presence of these characteristics in this doll strongly indicate it was made by Rebecca Blue Cloud. Size: 13″ L x 6″ W (33 cm x 15.2 cm); 13.5″ H (34.3 cm) on included custom stand.
Compare to 2 dolls in the Spurlock Museum collection, collection numbers 2009.08.0001A & 2009.08.0001B. Rebecca Blue Cloud (1883-1944) was the granddaughter of Taoyateduta / Chief Little Crow of the Upper Sioux in Granite Falls, Minnesota. She crafted dolls for the tourist market during the 1920s to the early 1940s.
Please note this item falls under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.
Condition: Excellent condition with some minor staining to hide. Some losses to yarn hair and tear on the neck of the mother. Baby cradle is misshapen from storage, but baby is intact.
Provenance: private Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA collection
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