Doll representing a Ka'igwu Woman wearing a Battle Dress of the Ton-Kon-Ga (the Kiowa Black Leggings Society) in the 19th century
Mrs. Underwood, Ka'igwu / American, 20th century
Ka'igwu (Kiowa)
Southern Plains
Plains
1946
Cloth body, cotton cloth, wool cotton yarn, string hair, buckskin, glass trade beads and nylons
Overall: 11 1/8 × 8 7/16 × 1 15/16 in. (28.3 × 21.5 × 5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells
987.35.26794
Geography
Place Made: Kiowa and Comanche Reservation, Anadarko, 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.
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
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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