Southwest Barbie Olé Doll
Manufacturer / MakerCreated by
Mattel
Date1995
Mediumplastic, synthetic fiber, paint, cloth, cardboard
Dimensions14 × 8 × 3 in. (35.6 × 20.3 × 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsRecreational Objects
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPC2023.28.3.A-M
DescriptionThe model demonstrates an original Barbie head mold design with ebony black hair, curly bangs, ruby red lips, and silver hoop earrings. She is wearing a silver southwestern themed dress with a collar and three looped blue horizontal designs as well as blue cowboy boots. On the other side of the box, under the lid, is a blue background with a cream bordered section identifying a dream catcher, with black and white image included, with an italicized description of what a dream catcher is and what it is for. The black box holding this doll has a silver central backdrop for a black border and an artistic motif. The motif includes the trademarked Barbie title with "Olé" below an oval cartooned portrait of the barbie inside from the neck up with a scarf, hopped earrings and hair in a ponytail. Around this figure is an adobe-style church and an example of Native American pottery.On View
Not on view
ca. 1980
