The doll with the green beads is comercial tanned deer hide but I scraped it with a knife to give it a more "braintanned " look.The body of the doll is also the same material , all hand sewn of course , but I stuffed it with cotten cloth cut up inti small pieces. The doll with the white bead work is made the same way but with actual brain tan buckskin. They both have real human hair , thanks to my niece who saved some for me when she got her hait cut last summer. I looked at alot of museum pieces and then just gave it a go. They have really gotten alot of favorable response around here , I think because its something not too many other people are making. I, ve had alot of fun showing them off and plan to keep making them, but after each one I have to take a break for a while and do something else. Thanks !