Doll representing a Choctaw Woman
Cleddie Ruby Ben Bell, Choctaw / American, 1912 - 1963
Alice Ben Bell, Choctaw / American, 1903 - unknown
Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Southeast
1953
Cloth, ric-rac, glass trade beads, ribbon, string, and straighf pin
Overall: 12 3/16 × 7 5/8 × 2 7/8 in. (31 × 19.4 × 7.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells
987.35.26739
Geography
Place Made: Philadelphia, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southeast
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
Native American Studies [Display Case], The Sherman House, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1998-present.
Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana, 1954.
Provenance
Made by sisters Alice and Cleddie Bell; sale arranged by John A. Ketcher (1922-2011), Choctaw Crafts, Choctaw Area Field Office, Philadelphia, Mississippis; sold to J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), December 23, 1953; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.
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