Doll representing Cherokee Warrior
Lillian Gertrude Waterson Owle, Cherokee / American, 1910 - 1985
Cherokee
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Southeast
1953
Wild cherry wood, buckskin, glass trade beads, hair, feathers, paint and glue
Overall: 10 7/8 × 3 7/8 × 1 15/16 in. (27.6 × 9.9 × 5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells
987.35.26743
Geography
Place Made: Cherokee Indian Reservation, Cherokee, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southeast
Not on view
Course History
NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Spring 2012
NAS 8, Perspectives in Native American Studies, Vera Palmer, Spring 2013
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.
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
Made by Lillian Owl (perhaps Lillian Gertrude Waterson Owle, 1910-1985); Gertrude C. Flanagan, Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative Association of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee, North Carolina; sold to J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), December 9., 1953; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.
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