Doll representing a Yerrington Colony Pauite Woman
Paviotso (Northern Paiute), Great Basin
1940s or 1950s
Skin face, cotton cloth, horsehair, bark and buttons
Overall: 11 7/8 × 6 9/16 in. (30.1 × 16.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells
987.35.26786
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
20th century
Object Name
Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll
Classification
Native American
Native American: Great Basin
Not on view
Exhibition History
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.
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
Collected by J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), about 1943-1960‘s; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.
Old Number
Wellington #77
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