Doll representing a Comanche Peyote Chief

May Wauqua, Comanche / American, 1905 - 1984
Niuam (Comanche)
Southern Plains
Plains

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collected 1946

Buckskin, glass trade beads, yarn, embroidery floss, velvet, feathers, ribbon, string, sequins and felt

Overall: 7 15/16 × 3 15/16 × 4 in. (20.2 × 10 × 10.1 cm)

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

987.35.26789

Geography

Place Made: Kiowa Reservation, Lawton, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Plains

Not on view

Course History

ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Sienna Craig, Spring 2012

REL 53, Religion, Healing and Medicine, Elizabeth Perez, Winter 2012

ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Sienna Craig, Spring 2012

ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Sienna Craig, Spring 2012

ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Lauren Gulbas, Fall 2013

GEOG 17, Geopolitics and Third World Development, Patricia Lopez, Spring 2015

GEOG 17, Geopolitics and Third World Development, Patricia Lopez, Spring 2015

WRIT 7 , Religion and Literature: Re-visioning the Natural, Nancy Crumbine, Spring 2015

Exhibition History

Braves and Dolls: American Indian Costume in Miniature, Hood Museum of Art, 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

Addye L. Gunter (1904-1970), Manager, Southern Plains Indian Arts and Carts Center, Fort Sill Indian School, Lawton, Oklahamo; sold to J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), March 25, 1946; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.

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