The Oneida Indian Legend of Creation (based on a story told by Lydia Doxtater, Oneida, New York to Hope Emily Allen in 1918)
Jessie C. Kinsley, American, 1857 - 1939
about 1931
Braided silk
Overall: 25 1/4 × 31 in. (64.1 × 78.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist in memory of Howard Holton Noyes, Class of 1921
T.931.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Textile
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Exhibition History
Native American Studies, Dartmouth College, 1998.
Provenance
The artist; given in memory of her nephew, Howard Holton Noyes (1899-1931, Class of 1921); given to present collection, 1931.
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