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Ema Delaronde, mother of professional Native American wrestler Chief Don Eagle, made and sold her dolls, including ones that she fashioned after her son, at his wrestling matches and at powwows.

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  • Title: Doll, Mohawk
  • Creator: Ema Delaronde
  • Date: 1900/1950
  • Location: Mohawk
  • Physical Dimensions: Composition includes head and arms, cotton, leather, beads, paint
  • Provenance: Chief Don Eagle gave this doll to James F. King, founder of the former Somers Indian Museum in Somers, CT. It was then given to Mary Ann Maruzo, owner of the Young at Heart Doll Shop in Ledyard, CT, who generously gave it to the Mashantucket Pequot Museum.

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