Dolls depicting a couple - Blackfoot Indians, Great Plains, North America - Circa 1890

DOLLS depicting a couple
Blackfoot Indians, Great Plains, North America
Around 1890
Skin, pearls, bones, iron
Height: 34.5 cm; Width: 20 cm

The woman wears a fringed tunic, decorated with beads forming geometric patterns, a long belt with iron inserts (concha belt), a sheath for a knife hanging on; a pair of high slippers decorated in the same style.
She has her hair in two large braids and wears two long bone earrings.
The man sports a fringed jacket and trousers, decorated with beads forming geometric patterns; he wears a bone breastplate, a pair of slippers decorated in the same style.
He wears two large braids, covered with fabric, and sports a long bone earring.
He is holding a fringed bag in his right hand.

Ref.: 7429

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