DOLL

Description: .1 MALE INDIGENOUS DOLL. 62.8 CM HT. X 20.5 CM WTH. (BASE) X 20.5 CM LTH. BUCKSKIN, FELT, BEADS, FEATHERS. GREEN, PURPLE, YELLOW, RED & WHITE. MALE INDIGENOUS DOLL ADORNED IN A BUCKSKIN JACKET & PANTS, HEADDRESS WITH WHITE FEATHERS, AND MOCCASINS. SEVERAL BEAD DESIGNS ARE DONE IN PURPLE, RED & YELLOW. A CIRCULAR NECKLACE AT THE THROAT, A TRIANGULAR DESIGN ON CHEST, TWO VERTICAL STRIPES ON EACH SIDE OF FRONT DONE IN A CROSS DESIGN, VERTICAL STRIPES DOWN ARMS, RECTANGULAR DESIGN AT WRISTS, A HORIZONTAL STRIPE AT WAIST, AND A DIAMOND SHAPED DESIGN ON THE HEADDRESS. THE DOLL IS SET ON A GREEN FELT BASE. .2 FEMALE INDIGENOUS DOLL. 58.8 CM HT. X 20.5 CM WTH. (BASE) X 20.5 CM LTH. (BASE) BUCKSKIN, FELT, BEADS, FEATHERS. GREEN, GOLD, PURPLE, BLACK. FEMALE INDIGENOUS DOLL ADORNED IN A BUCKSKIN DRESS WITH MULTICOLOURED BEADS AND MOCCASINS. AN ORANGE FEATHER IS IN HER HAIR. A BEAD DESIGN ON THE UPPER PORTION OF A FUR COVERS A LARGE PART OF HER BRAIDS. THIS BEAD DESIGN IS ORANGE, BLACK & CIRCULAR IN SHAPE. THE SAME DESIGN IS LOCATED AT HER THROAT. GOLD & PURPLE STRIPES OF BEADS ARE LOCATED AT THE SHOULDER AND WAIST, RUNNING HORIZONTALLY. ANOTHER PURPLE STRIPE IS LOCATED AT THE HEM. THE DOLL IS SET ON A GREEN FELT BASE.

History: KAINAI NATION. PURCHASED FROM CONRAD CHIEFBODY, MADE BY HIS SISTER, IDA CHIEFBODY. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON THE DONOR, CONRAD CHIEF BODY, WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES ON HIS ARTWORK AND HIS OBITUARY. CONRAD CHIEF BODY, A MEMBER OF THE BLOOD TRIBE, WAS BORN IN 1937 AND MARRIED THERESA EARLY MORNING CALLER, THE DAUGHTER OF PERCY 'TWO GUN' PLAIN WOMAN, IN 1965. THEY RAISED THREE DAUGHTERS. CHIEF BODY WAS WELL KNOWN IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA AND MONTANA FOR HIS STYLIZED PICTOGRAPH PAINTINGS ON COWHIDE. CONRAD CHIEF BODY PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2002, ON THE BLOOD RESERVE. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19820009000 FOR HARDCOPIES OF NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS AND AN EXCERPT ON CHIEF BODY FROM LLOYD JAMES DEMPSEY'S BOOK 'BLACKFOOT WAR ART: PICTOGRAPHS OF THE RESERVATION PERIOD, 1880-2000'.