Doll representing an Apache Woman in the style of the 1950s

Unidentified Whiteriver Indian School 6th grade student makers
White Mountain Apache
Western Apache
Apache
Southwest

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collected by 1954

Cloth body, cotton cloth, yarn, ric-rac and thread

Overall: 12 13/16 × 6 3/8 × 1 11/16 in. (32.5 × 16.2 × 4.3 cm)

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

987.35.26778

Geography

Place Made: Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Whiteriver, 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.

Historical Society of Montana, Helena, Montana, 1955.

Montana Club

Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana, 1954.

Provenance

A group of sixth grade girls at the White River Indian School; commissioned by J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987),1954; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.

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