Crow Doll Pair in Shadowbox by Mary Lou Big Day (Crow) SOLD

Award winning Crow beadworker Mary Lou Big Day framed a pair of her traditional dolls in a shadowbox so that they can be displayed on the wall.  The woman is wearing a red trade cloth dress that is decorated with white beads representing the highly prized elk teeth that represented the wealth of a Crow woman.  The man is dressed in a buckskin shirt and tradecloth leggings. 

Mary Lou reminisced about her dolls, saying, "When I was a little girl my Grandmother taught me how to make these dolls.  Through my years of growing up, after I married, and now as a grandmother myself, I have made many.  Mostly I follow the pattern of tradition.... In the old days, the Grandmothers would go to the mountains and there they would receive visions....  The dolls were made of leather and stuffed with buffalo hair; today I use fabric and stuff them with cotton....  As a Grandmother, through these dolls and the stories about them, I will always be able to preserve our past heritage."

Box 11" wide, 9" high; frame 14" wide, 12" high; dolls 8" tall