Doll representing a Stoney Woman

Leah Rider Hunter, Stoney Creek Assiniboine / American, about 1879-1971
Stoney Creek Assiniboine
Nakota (Yankton Sioux)
First Nation
Plains

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collected 1954

Buckskin, human hair, glass trade beads, feather and yarn

Overall: 10 5/8 × 4 13/16 × 2 3/16 in. (27 × 12.2 × 5.6 cm)

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

987.35.26859

Geography

Place Made: Banff, Canada, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Plains

Not on view

Exhibition History

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.

Montana Club

Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana, 1954.

Provenance

N. K. Luxton Indian Trading Post, Banff, Alberta, Canada; sold to J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), July 16, 1954; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.

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