Doll representing an Apache Man
Happy Moses, Chiricahua Apache / American, 1919-1982
Chiricahua Apache
Apache
Southwest
1959
Cotton cloth, blue denim, buckskin, glass trade beads, yarn, ribbon, thread and felt
Overall: 12 9/16 × 6 9/16 × 3 3/16 in. (31.9 × 16.7 × 8.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells
987.35.26779
Geography
Place Made: San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, Bylas, 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
Native American Studies [Display Case], The Sherman House, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1998-present.
Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana, 1954.
Provenance
Happy Moses, Bylas, Arizona; sale arranged through Clarence Wesley, Chairman Tribal Council, San Carlos Trading Enterprise, San Carlos, Arizona; sold to J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), August 7, 1959; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.
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