Doll representing an Isleta Pueblo Man
Daisy Lujan, Isleta Pueblo / American, 20th century
Isleta Pueblo (Sieh-Wibag)
Southwest
1953
Paper mache head, cotton cloth, wool, bucksin, lace, paint, yarn, buttons and straight pins
Overall: 17 7/8 × 8 3/8 × 2 15/16 in. (45.4 × 21.2 × 7.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells
987.35.26770
Geography
Place Made: Isleta Day School, Isleta Pueblo, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southwest
Not on view
Exhibition History
Braves and Dolls: American Indian Costume in Miniature Dartmouth College Museum, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1969.
Fall Exhibition [Blue Ribbon winner], Isleta Day School, Isleta, New Mexico, 1953.
Historical Society of Montana, Helena, Montana, 1955.
Montana Club
Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana, 1954.
Provenance
Daisy Lojan [fifth grade], Isleta Day School, Isleta, New Mexico; sold to J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), December 7, 1953 [sale arranged by Mrs. Katherine Miller, Isleta Day School]; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.
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