Doll Depicting an Old Man in Clothing Typical of Older Cherokee of the Time

Lillian Gertrude Waterson Owle, Cherokee / American, 1910 - 1985
Cherokee
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Southeast

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1953

Wild cherry wood, denim, cotton, string, paint, stick, glue

Overall: 8 9/16 × 3 1/8 × 2 1/4 in. (21.8 × 7.9 × 5.7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells

987.35.26741

Geography

Place Made: Cherokee Indian Reservation, Cherokee, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Southeast

Not on view

Course History

NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Fall 2012

NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Spring 2012

NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Spring 2013

NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Spring 2013

NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Fall 2014

NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Fall 2014

Exhibition History

Braves and Dolls: American Indian Costume in Miniature, Dartmouth College Museum, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.1969.

Historical Society of Montana, Helena, Montana, 1955.

Montana Club

Native American Studies Exhibition, Bartlett Hall, February 24, 1989-January 1, 1990.

Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana, 1954.

Provenance

Made by Lillian Owl (perhaps Lillian Gertrude Waterson Owle, 1910-1985); Gertrude C. Flanagan, Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative Association of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee, North Carolina; sold to J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), December 9, 1953; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.

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