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Vintage Native American Beaded Folk Art Doll – Tipi Shop Rapid City – Bill Fast Horse Label
$95.00 USD
Distinctive vintage Native American-style handcrafted doll featuring intricate beadwork, a carved wooden face, feathered headdress, and traditional Plains-inspired clothing.
This collectible figure features a hand-painted wooden face, long hair, blue and multicolored seed-bead decorations, black cloth garments, turquoise-colored fabric accents, and fur-trimmed footwear accented with small metal bells. The figure stands on a green felt-covered display base.
The underside retains an original paper label marked “TIPI SHOP” with a tipi illustration and a handwritten name appearing to read “Bill Fast Horse.”
The Tipi Shop was associated with the Sioux Indian Museum and Crafts Center in Rapid City, South Dakota, and is documented as a source of Native American handmade arts and crafts during the latter 20th century.
Details:
Origin: Tipi Shop, Rapid City, South Dakota, per original label
Artist: Handwritten name appears to read Bill Fast Horse; unverified
Age: Vintage, exact date unknown
Materials: Wood, fabric, seed beads, feathers, hair, fur-like trim, and metal bells
Style: Native American Plains-inspired folk art
Base: Green felt-covered rectangular display base
Condition: Vintage condition with visible age-related wear and some disarrangement of hair and feathers; please examine photographs
An appealing piece of collectible American folk art with an original shop label documenting its historical retail association.