Doll representing a Chickasaw Woman
Unknown 12 year old schoolgirl, Chickasaw / American, dates unknown, Chickasaw, Southeast1946
Cotton cloth body, cotton outerwear, cotton underwear, glass trade beads, and yarn hair
Overall: 8 13/16 × 5 9/16 × 1 3/4 in. (22.4 × 14.1 × 4.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells
987.35.26740
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
20th century
Object Name
Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll
Classification
Native American
Native American: Southeast
Not on view
Exhibition History
Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana, 1954.
Montana Club
Historical Society of Montana, Helena, Montana, 1955.
Braves and Dolls: American Indian Costume in Miniature, Dartmouth College Museum, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.1969.
Provenance
Unknown Chickasaw school girl, Indian Bureau Boarding School, Oklahoma; collected by J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), 1946; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.
Old Number
Wellington #59
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