Doll representing an Oglala Apple Face Man

Mrs. Decory (possibly Beulah Grace Bishop DeCory), Oglala Lakota / American, 1916-1998
Oglala Lakota
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Central Plains
Plains

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1953

Apple face, chamois cloth, glass trade beads, string, sequins, imitation pearls, cotton cloth and glass buttons

Overall: 11 1/4 × 6 11/16 × 1 7/8 in. (28.5 × 17 × 4.8 cm)

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

987.35.26824

Geography

Place Made: Rosebud Indian Reservation, 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, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1969.

Historical Society of Montana, Helena, Montana, 1955.

Montana Club

Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana, 1954.

Wellington Indian Doll Collection, an exhibition organized by the Hood Museum of Art and the Studio Art Department celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Native American Program at Dartmouth College, Hopkins Center Rotunda, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 8-June 12, 1991.

Provenance

Made by Mrs. Decory; sale arranged through Helen C. Evans, Sioux Indian Arts and Crafts Shop and Museum, Rapid City, South Dakota; sold to J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), December 8, 1953; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.

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