Doll representing a San Juan Basket Dancer
Regina Alvarado Cata, San Juan Pueblo / American, 1890 - 1971
Southwest
San Juan Pueblo (Ohkay-Owingeh)
1946
Cloth body, wool, yarn, cotton, buckskin, glass trade beads, sweetgrass, wood, metal, paint, feather, coral, straight pin, sequins, human hair, and ribbon
Overall: 13 × 6 × 4 3/16 in. (33 × 15.2 × 10.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells
987.35.26769
Geography
Place Made: San Juan Pueblo, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southwest
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
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, May 8-June 12, 1991.
Provenance
Native American Studies [Display Case], The Sherman House, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1998-present.
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