Doll representing an Apache Woman Carrying her Baby in a Cradleboard
Happy Moses, American / Chiricahua Apache, 1919-1982, Chiricahua Apache, Apache, San Carlos Reservation, Arizona, Bylas, Arizona, Southwest
1959
Cotton cloth, glass trade beads, ric-rac, buckskin, thread and reed
Overall: 10 11/16 x 12 5/16 x 3 13/16 in. (27.2 x 31.3 x 9.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells
987.35.26780
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
Montana Club
Native American Studies [Display Case], The Sherman House, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1998-present.
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.
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.
Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana, 1954.
Provenance
Happy Moses, Bylas, Arizona; sale arranged through Clarence Wesley, Chairman Tribal Council, San Carlos Trading Enterprise, San Carlos, Arizona; sold to J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), August 7, 1959; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.
Old Number
Wellington #138
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