NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN  TOY DOLLS

Museum quality creations of the traditional Indian style dolls of North America by award winning artist Katie Williamson Newton
March 2008
Heirlooms to have and hold, for the discriminating doll collector.

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Katie does all of the work on her dolls by hand. This is a painstaking process that takes time and patience, but Katie feels that this is a case where the "old ways" are best. Only the finest materials are used in the making of a doll. These materials can vary widely, but include: horsehair, trade wool, cotton calico, hand carved wood,  silk fabrics and ribbon, animal fur and 1800s cotton batting for stuffing, porcupine quillwork, buffalo hide and fur, sterling silver broaches, hand-tanned and smoked deer and antelope hide,  brass sequins, tin cones, sterling silver and  brass cones, real human hair (rest easy, it's voluntarily donated), glass seed beads in historically authentic old colors, genuine "old stock", antique beads.

Katie creates dolls for a variety of customers on a special order basis. However, she sometimes has  pieces that are not currently "spoken for," and they are shown below. Check the site frequently for a chance at one of these beauties!

The following dolls are currently available for purchase: 
please email  if you wish to purchase a doll shown here     email Katie

image shows three dolls for sale to give size comparison  (Kiowa -red dress- doll is sold and boy is not shown in this photo,  he is 3 inches shorter than the smallest in this image)

#110 Lakota Female  19" tall, 1870s style with brain tanned leather head, limbs and clothing.   COST:   $354.00  Click photo for more images and info

#114 Central Plains Male TINY   SOLD  7" tall, late 1800s style with  brain tanned leather clothing and head, orig. 1800s China doll body and limbs, old stock Venetian seed beads, human hair wig .      COST: $139.00 Click photo for more images and info

#112  Central Plains beauty of 10" with brain tanned head, limbs and clothing on an orig 1800s doll body.  Great Venetian old stock beads, full belt set, quilled belt.  COST:  $329.00 Click photo for more images and info

NEW REVISED EDITION of Native American Indian Toy Dolls 75 soft bound pages of -Historic information, ideas and theories based on Katie's   study of over 3,000 origianl doll artifacts--UPDATED -GREATLY improved photographs and illustrations of Indian toy dolls -Information on making an historically correct Indian doll   including complete patterns and instructions - Reference and resource lists of books and materials

Cost of book is $24.95 postage paid and can be ordered by emailing or writing Katie at address on page bottom.  If you  have purchased the earlier edition of this book, the new edition can be purchased for just $15.00 postage paid.

Inside description page

Back Cover                        pattern contained in the book

The dolls displayed on this page and in the gallery are the artist's interpretation of Native American toys that were made between the 1870’s and early 1900’s. Just as Indian children were dressed in copy of adults, so were the human dolls dressed in copy of the children and adults.  Grandmothers, Aunties and Mothers were often the doll maker for a child. In some cases, the children themselves produced a doll under the supervision of these women.All of the dolls displayed are made from materials that would have been used in the 1800’s. The bodies are of "brain tanned" buffalo, deer or antelope. The cloth is 100% wool, cotton, linen or silk. Sewing threads are 100% hand spun silk or linen, or 100% cotton which was also available in that era. The beads reflect tribal design and colors of the late 1800’s. All paints are a blend of earth clays and hide glue. The dolls are stuffed with buffalo fur, antique cotton batting or vegetal material as appropriate.              

image of  "Tat Toony" as noted on photograph, courtesy of the Newton Collection

     VISIT GALLERY OF DOLLS 
 Katie's gallery has an abundance of color photographs of her work.

These are a few of Katie's favorite website: http://www.ancientartways.com/ Nancy Fonicello. quilling expert, conservator, wonder woman http://www.siouxtrading.com/    great old stock beads and other supplies http://www.braintan.com/ wow on brain tanned leather  for sale; also great finished pieces http://www.africadirect.com/     original trade beads by the strand and by the bead Three artifact auction houses of  fine groups of people with wonderful items!: http://www.allardauctions.com/    http://www.garths.com/garths8.htm    http://www.skinnerinc.com/ http://acadiaherbals.com/Herbs.html    Wonderful bulk herbs and spices http://www.orphansunlimited.org/      a  place to send  extra money to help children http://www.wamuzzleloaders.org/events/rendezvous.htm   list of reenactment schedules for northwest just click on any above to go to them- all are assured to be safe and virus free as of posting

Katie Williamson Newton, 741 road 5, Deaver, WY. 82421
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