Doll representing an Apache Man
Mildred Imoch Cleghorn, Chiricahua Apache / American, 1910 - 1997
Chiricahua Apache
Apache
Southern Plains
1954
Cloth body, cotton cloth, buckskin, string hair, glass trade beads, metal studs, ric-rac and nylon headband
Overall: 8 1/16 × 2 11/16 × 1 5/16 in. (20.5 × 6.8 × 3.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells
987.35.26776
Geography
Place Made: Fort Sill, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Exhibition History
Braves and Dolls: American Indian Costume in Miniature Dartmouth College Museum, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1969.
Cultural Survival: Chiricahua-Fort Sill Apache Identity Explored through Wearable Art, A Senior Fellowship Project by Lisa LeFlore, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 19-June 24, 2001.
Historical Society of Montana, Helena, Montana, 1955.
Montana Club
Northern Montana College, Havre, Montana, 1954.
Provenance
Made by Mildred I. Cleghorn; sale arranged through Miss Kittson; sold to J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), 1954; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.
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