Doll representing a Ho-Chunk Grass Dancer
Mary May Thundercloud Deer (WaNeekPiWinKah), Ho-Chunk / American, 1895 - 1982
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)
Great Lakes Woodlands
Woodlands
1946
Cloth body, buckskin, cloth, glass trade beads, ribbon, yarn, horsehair, button, string, straight pin, and wood
Overall: 16 9/16 × 8 3/8 × 2 15/16 in. (42 × 21.2 × 7.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells
987.35.26727
Geography
Place Made: Tomah, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Exhibition History
Braves and Dolls: American Indian Costume in Miniature, Dartmouth College Museum, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, 1969.
Historical Society of Montana, Helena, Montana, 1955.
Montana Club
Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana, 1954.
Provenance
Made by Mary Thundercloud Deere (WaNeekPiWinKah, 1895-1982 ), Tomah, Wisconsin; sale arranged by Peru Farver, 310 West Walnut, Green Bay, Wisconsin; sold to J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), October 31, 1946; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.
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