Doll representing an A'aninin Chief
Julia Ereaux Schultz, A'aninin / American, 1872 - 1973
A'aninin (Gros Ventre)
Plains
1948
Hide, glass beads, mallard feathers, parrot feathers, human hair, horse hair, ribbon, cotton cloth, ermine tails, plastic beads, button, nylon fishing line, tape, felt cloth, wood, embroidery thread, paint, graphite, thread
Overall: 17 5/16 × 7 11/16 × 2 9/16 in. (44 × 19.5 × 6.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The Wellington Indian Doll Collection Gift of Barbara Wellington Wells
987.35.26841
Geography
Place Made: Fort Belknap Reservation, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Recreational Artifacts: Toy, Doll
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Inscriptions
Numbered, bottom of right moccasin, in black ink: 82
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
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
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.
Publication History
George P. Horse Capture, Sr., Joe D. Horse Capture, Joseph M. Sanchez, et al., Native American Art at Dartmouth: Hightlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2011, ill. p. 8 and p.159, no. 86.
Provenance
Collected by J. W. "Duke" Wellington (1896-1987), about 1943-1960's; given to his daughter, Barbara Joan Wellington Wells, Barre, Vermont; given to present collection, 1987.
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