| Show NOGGINS APPLE-NOGGINS Redskin Becomes Old I By MARI MARION MARIAN N STROBEL i Much folk lore has been built up around the American Indian throughout the years They seem to h hold ld a certain fascination fascination fascination tion for a great many people who have studied painted and written about our fine feathered friends When Mrs Owen Morris was wasa a girl she lived in Idaho near the Blackfoot reservation The many Indians of all ages had always intrigued her so she made the most of her opportunity ity by observing them absorbing absorbing absorbing absorb absorb- ing their manner of dress facial expressions and habits This interest has today paid off in personal satisfaction creativeness creative- creative ness and money because for ten years Mrs Morris has hns been making making making mak mak- ing the most clever and lifelike lifelike lifelike life life- like Indian dolls doUs imaginable The first step in making these dolls is to buy large delicious apples Then Mrs Morris peels them and lets them dry out for three weeks or more either in the window sill in inthe inthe inthe the sunshine or by artificial heat such as a radiator The apples apples apples ap ap- ples shrink during this time and never stay white but take on a brownish cast caste They appear wrinkled and furrowed consequently consequently consequently conse conse- the head of the Indian is started While these apples are drying she begins to shape faces out of them with a small set of knives which have various degrees of sharp blades All of ot the dolls she makes are timers old-timers because because because be be- cause of the dark cast and wrinkled appearance of ot the shrunken shrunk n apples used which of course are not fitting for young faces She then makes parts of ot the bodies separately by using brown cloth sewing up the seams and stuffing them tightly tight tight- ly with cotton She sews the limbs together and then proceeds proceeds proceeds pro pro- to dress the bodies She is constantly hunting for appropriate appropriate appropriate ap ap- ap- ap materials with which to dress her dolls authentically consequently Mrs Morris does a beautiful job down to the smallest smallest smallest small small- est details such as colorful bead trimmed moccasins and headdress Hands n Heads She sews on the heads and hands last Incidentally the hands arc are also cut out of the dried apples making them appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear so real they seem to move For hair she buys switches and braids it or fixes it in any manner manner manner man man- ner appropriate for the character character character charac charac- ter she is making and tacks it on an For eyes black headed pins small ones are used and pronto a somber elderly Indian man or woman is created created created cre cre- by her talented hands If Mrs Morris is in an ambitious ambitious ambitious ambi ambi- mood she can make one of these dolls dolts in a day if not it takes her longer She gives many of of them away to her friends and also sells them to people who usually are collectors of dolls dolts Popular demand has kept her very busy for when people see these dolls dolts they immediately immediately immediately im im- im- im mediately recognize Mrs Morris Morris Morris' Morris Morris' Mor Mor- ris ris' great talent of making these Indian dolls so perfect like life-like and in character |
