Female Doll with Beaded Hide Dress, Knife Sheath, and Pouch

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Female Doll with Beaded Hide Dress, Knife Sheath, and Pouch
CultureKiowa, possibly
Titles
  • Female Doll with Beaded Hide Dress, Knife Sheath, and Pouch
Datec. 1875–1900
MediumBeads, hide, cowrie and dentalium shells, metal, and pigment
Dimensions17 7/8 × 7 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (45.4 × 19.7 × 7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2021.18
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceSotheby's Parke Bernet, lot 58, 1976 [1]; probably purchased by Martin Wright (1930-2018) and Faith-Dorian Wright (1934-2016), 1976 [1]; Estate of Martin and Faith-Dorian Wright, 2018-2021; sold at Stair Galleries, lot 136, January 28, 2021; purchased by the MFAH, 2021.

[1] Sticker on bottom of stand, "Plains Cloth and Hide Doll Ute, SPB No 58, Oct. 16, 1976."

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