“The Babysitter”

A one-of-a-kind original sculpture by Cheryl Bollenbach

  15 inches in height 

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The Babysitter depicts an Apache grandmother of the nineteenth century. The dolls are sculpted from Cernit. Cradle board is custom-made by the artist of willow and leather with Sculpey “elk tooth” adornments. Costuming is hand-painted leather, and tinklers are made from a Pepsi can. A lot of research and attention to detail has gone into creating a costume that is accurate for the time period of the early 1800’s. Movement was an important part of the costuming of the Native Americans, and the long twisted, green-dyed leather fringe and metal tinklers provided both movement and sound. 

Her head, hands and feet are sculpted of Cernit that has been hand-painted with meticulous detail in fine acrylic paint.  The fabric body has been needle sculpted over a wire armature. She has a mohair wig, antique beads and a solid wood stand.