Corn Pounder |
Wood Gatherer |
Corn Husk Sculptures |
Tina's doll have been a highly sought after by doll and native-art collectors for many years. Her corn husk "sculptures" are all made to scale and measure about 11 inches for the standing ones. Each doll is completely handmade, taking great care not to overlook any detail. These two female dolls are dressed in traditional Iroquois cloth dresses. Their skirts and leggings are beaded using traditional woodland designs with 13/0 seed beads. Each doll is wearing traditional leather moccasins w/beadwork on them. Both dolls have real fur hair and are mounted on Eastern Red Cedar stands. |
The "Peace Keeper" is wearing an Iroquois ribbon shirt. He also has a deerskin breech cloth and leggings decorated with eastern woodland style beadwork. He carries a knife on his side in a leather sheath. He gustoweh (head piece) has real feathers and carved antlers, which indicate he is a chief, He is holding a pipe with a carved stem and a red pipestone head |