Doll representing an Apache Woman

Mildred Imoch Cleghorn, Chiricahua Apache / American, 1910 - 1997
Chiricahua Apache
Apache
Southern Plains
Plains

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1954

Cloth body, buckskin, glass trade beads, string, metal stud, feathers, nylon scarf, and satin ribbon

Overall: 8 1/4 × 3 3/4 × 1 3/16 in. (20.9 × 9.5 × 3 cm)

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

987.35.26784

Geography

Place Made: Fort Sill, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Plains

Not on view

Exhibition History

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

Cultural Survival: Chiricahua-Fort Sill Apache Identity Explored through Wearable Art, A Senior Fellowship Project by Lisa LeFlore, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 19-June 24, 2001.

Historical Society of Montana, Helena, Montana, 1955.

Montana Club

Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana, 1954.

Provenance

Made by Mildred I. Cleghorn; sale arranged through Miss Kittson; sold to 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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