Dancer doll

Date created
1990-1998
Culture/People
Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
Artist/Maker
Cecelia Fire Thunder, Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux), b. 1946
Previous owner
Priscilla M. King (Pam M. King/Priscilla Martin King), Non-Indian, 1926-2002
Donor
Priscilla M. King (Pam M. King/Priscilla Martin King), Non-Indian, 1926-2002
Collection History
Formerly in the collection of Priscilla (Pam) M. King (1926-2002, owner of the Buffalo Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia); donated to NMAI by Pam King in 1998.
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Place
Pine Ridge Reservation; Oglala Lakota County; South Dakota; USA (inferred)
See related items
Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
On View
NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Plains & Plateau
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
25/4702
Barcode
254702.000
Object Type
Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls
Object Name
Dancer doll
Media/Materials
Wool cloth, silk cloth, glass bead/beads, cowrie shell/shells, shell/shells, yarn, metal items, feather/feathers, commercially tanned leather
Techniques
Sewn, overlay beadwork, fringed
Dimensions
40 x 27 x 9 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws68f6b52a5-fcd5-4c9e-91c1-336b1f0706fd
Record ID
NMAI_270259