Lot 454

1939 Original Skookum Beaded Indian Doll

Estimate: $200 - $400

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $5
$50 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$25,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
For your consideration is this 1939 original Skookum beaded Native American Indian doll wearing a trade blanket. The Skookum doll was developed by Mary Dwyer McAboy (1876-1961) who was from Missoula, Montana. She began by carving apple head dolls and production evolved over the years from composition to plastic. Production of the Skookum dolls ended in the 1960's. This doll has wooden legs and is wrapped in a printed fleece blanket with a green and red leather and cloth head band. The skookum doll shows a trade bead necklace with both trade beads and trade seed beads with colors such as sky blue, greasy yellow, chalk white, and many more. The moccasins are decorated with sky blue trade3 seed beads and the shirt the doll is wearing is cut fr4om a printed yellow polyester material. The condition of this skookum doll is in good overall display condition with little wear and no signs of damage to the doll at all. The measurements of this doll are 10 1/4" x 3 1/2" x 2 1/2".
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