Doll representing a Paiute Man "Joe"
Katie Christy Frazier, American (Northern Paiute), 1891 - 1991
Paviotso (Northern Paiute)
Great Basin
1946
Buckskin, cotton cloth, glass trade beads, feathers, string and paint
Overall: 13 1/8 × 5 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (33.3 × 14.6 × 4.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells
987.35.26787
Geography
Place Made: Walker River Reservation, Yerrington, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Great Basin
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.
Provenance
Collected by J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), 1946; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.
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