These dolls wear the traditional apparel of Lakota women and men. The artist included symbols of both gender roles--a baby carrier on the back of the woman and a pipe and pipe bag in the man’s hands.

Tanned deer (Odocoileus sp.), unidentified filling, glass, House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) feather, brass, synthetic hair, porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) quill, abalone (Haliotis rufescens) shell, dentalium (Dentalium sp.) shell, unidentified wood, commercial cotton, commercial wool stroud, catlinite, unidentified mammal claw, steel, rayon, nylon sinew, commercial dye; W 17.0 x H 32.3 cm; 35479-1 & 2