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Sioux Mary Standstall Fully Beaded Hide Doll 1940

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Sioux Mary Standstall Fully Beaded Hide Doll 1940
This is a very rare and authentic fully beaded doll from renowned Sioux Native American Indian, Mary Standstall dating to circa 1940-1950’s. This example shows all Indian tanned hide with sinew sewing, real human hair, red white heart trade bead necklace, turquoise necklace, dentalium earrings, and all early period correct glass seed beads showing a pictorial scene of flying ravens. The beadwork shows a chalk white background with colors of cobalt, black, red white heart, and red. The doll has a fully beaded long dress with fringe, fully beaded shoulder cape with fringe, high top fully beaded moccasins. The piece is in well preserved museum condition. This is a very nice large size. Provenance: The set was authenticated by a prominent expert in Billings, Montana and is from Mary Standstall. Two other examples of Mary Standstall beaded dolls can been seen from the Dr. Kent Vickery (1942-2011) collection sold in Cowan’s 2013 Auction. This is a very fine Mary Standstall example. The doll measures 15 1/2" tall by 7 3/4" wide.