This is a circa 1920-1930 Plains Indian beaded and painted large doll collected in 1930 near Aberdeen, South Dakota by Kenneth Yarnell. The piece is comprised of Indian tanned hide large doll stuffed and thread sewn with wonderful adornments including beadwork, trade beads, human or horse hair, mother of pearl buttons, and finished with a paint. The head shows the human or horse hair with early glass trade seed beaded features along with painted features showing mother of pearl button ears and a necklace of white pound and wound glass blue white heart trade beads. The doll is wearing an Indian tanned hide dress with early glass trade seed beadwork that extends over the chest, shoulders and along the back. The breast collar shows white pound beads with a large mother of pearl trade button. The front and back show a spotted and geometric painted pattern along with fully painted fringes done in a commercial pink color. The front shows fading to the paint from display and the back shows a more vivid paint preserved from fading. The doll has Indian hide leggings with a yellow ochre painted finish with mother of pearl button conchos running down the legs next to the frilly fringes bordering the outside of each leg. The bottom of the beaded leggings have chalk white and red white glass trade seed beadwork bands. The bottom shows Indian hide moccasins which are artfully finished pink commercial and yellow ocher paint and interestingly the bottoms have a black / grey finish to imitate a worn foot pattern. The tops of the moccasins are covered in glass trade seed beads in greasy light blue, red white heart, greasy yellow and chalk white. Under the skirt there are strips of old red wool stroud trade clothe as well. The belly of the doll has a strand of wound glass red white heart Hudson Bay beads. The top beadwork shows greasy light blue and chalk white early glass trade seed beads. Provenance: Collected from Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1930 by Dr. Bennet; Bennet sold to Kenneth Yarnell Cannon’s Lane, Louisville, Kentucky in 1950. Jason Cotton purchased the doll from Mrs. Yarnell, wife of Kenneth Yarnelll. The piece is framed and on the back is the handwritten collection history from Jason Cotton as well as a price of $1,400. Well preserved with little to no bead loss, some paint fading, supple hides with no major damages. Frame measures 17-inches by 13-inches by 2 5/8-inches. Doll measures 13.5-inches long by 10-inches wide.