VINTAGE NAVAJO HANDMADE 10” DOLL IN RED VELVET DRESS

Here is an original Navajo folk art doll. She wears a tiered red velvet dress trimmed in white zig-zag. The sash at her waist is blue with geometric patterns. On her bodice is a beaded necklace and sewn-on embellishments to look like traditional silver and turquoise squash blossoms.

She has leather hands, beaded loop earrings and a hand-painted face. Her black hair parted in the middle is fashioned into a low bun, known as Tsiiyéé. Covering white leggings under the velvet dress is a white cotton underskirt

The unsigned figure is 10” tall and 4” wide at the shoulders. The doll weighs 3 ounces.

The condition is very good with a faint stain on her petticoat and her shoe needs a stitch.