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TWO FINE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN DOLLS, the male with articulated wooden body, the face painted red and black, wearing tanned skin shirt and trousers with traces of red and blue pigments, the fringes bound at intervals with dyed porcupine quills, embroidered quillwork about the ankles, moccasins, cuffs and neck, native made hands of tanned skin, the face chipped, the female with papier mâché body bound in white kid, wearing black cotton skirt, red velvet leggings, blue stroud jacket and black stroud hood, all with silk and embroidered cotton borders sewn with white and transparent pony beads, damages, head restored, probably Cree, mid 19th century
26cm. and 31cm. high (2)
26cm. and 31cm. high (2)