Doll, "Wambli Hokesheila" Or "Eagle Boy Doll"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Apr 1993
name: label: Donor Name
content: Office Of Public Programs
notes: label: Notes
content: BOY DOLL, NAMED "WAMBLI HOKESHEILA" OR "EAGLE BOY DOLL" BY ARTIST. SKIN IS MADE OF COMMERCIAL DRESSMAKER PIG SKIN SUEDE, FLESH SIDE IN, STUFFED WITH POLYESTER STITCHED WITH "NYMO" NYLON BEADING THREAD ON THE SIDES OF THE BODY AND BOTTOMS OF FEET. STITCHING COMING LOOSE ON RIGHT ANKLE AND BOTTOM OF FOOT.MALE GENITALIA STITCHED TO BODY. TESTICLES FILLED WITH TWO FRENCH BRASS BEADS. PENIS FILLED WITH COLORED GLASS SEED BEADS. HUMAN HAIR, FROM ARTIST'S MOTHER, POSSIBLY DYED, ATTACHED TO HEAD WITH RUNNING LOOP STITCH. SMALL BRAID TIED WITH RED EMBROIDERY THREAD. LARGE BRAIDS TIED WITH NYLON WAXED THREAD TO REPRESESENT SINEW. TWO TATTOOS ON HANDS, MEDICINE WHEEL ON RIGHT HAND AND DRAGON FLY ON LEFT, MEANT TO REPRESENT BOARDING SCHOOL TATTOOS. APPLIED WITH "SHARPIE" BLACK PERMANENT INK. MILITARY TATTOO ON RIGHT SHOULDER MEANT TO SYMBOLIZE LONG TRADITION OF MILITARY SERVICE AMONG NATIVE AMERICANS. APPLIED WITH "SHARPIE" MARKER PEN AND YELLOW WATERPROOF DRAWING INK. SIGNATURE ON LOWER BACK READS "DON TENOSO, APRIL 31, 1991", APPLIED IN BLUE BALL POINT PEN INK. SYMBOL NEXT TO SIGNATURE REPRESENTS EAGLE. DOLL HAS NO FACIAL FEATURES. SEE CATALOG NOS. E423923-423943 FOR CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jan 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Lakota
label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Hunkpapa Lakota
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390905
label: USNM Number
content: E428922-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Doll
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 51 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 40 cm