Two Diné Women, a Loom, and a Cradleboard with a Child
Diné (Navajo), Southwest
1947
Wool, cotton cloth, fur, glass trade beads, silver conches, turquoise, buckskin, and velour figures, mounted on a wood platform
Overall: 14 1/4 × 12 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (36.2 × 32.4 × 19.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells
987.35.26765
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
20th century
Object Name
Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll
Classification
Native American
Native American: Southwest
Not on view
Exhibition History
Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana, 1954.
Native American Studies [Display Case], The Sherman House, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1998-present.
Native American Studies Exhibition, Bartlett Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 24, 1989-January 1, 1990.
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
Sale arranged through Loraine Morley Reynolds (1878-1962), New Mexico; sold to J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), October 31, 1947; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.
Old Number
Wellington #125
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