Doll representing a Plains Cree Woman

Horn Woman Gopher (Mrs. John Gopher), Cree / American, about 1874-unknown
Cree
Dene (Athabascan)
Northern Plains
Plains

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collected 1954

Wood body, cotton cloth, silk, leather, horsehair, and glass trade beads

Overall: 9 15/16 × 3 5/16 × 1 5/8 in. (25.2 × 8.4 × 4.2 cm)

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

987.35.26730

Geography

Place Made: Rocky Boy's 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

Collected 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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