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Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71864, described as Tlingit Indian Doll. Stuffed, felt doll w/ embroibered features. Dresed in blue and red felt dance dress, black felt leggings, beaded felt mocassins and white & red beaded headdress. BAck has downy white fur and originally had bird feathers. Hair is of fur or mohair. H = 7.75”.

Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71772, described as Alaskan Eskimo bride doll. Stuffed body with carved wooden face and painted features. Dressed in high mukluks or winter boots, parka of brown seal skin with decorative tufts of wool and fur. Around the bottom of the parka there are red and green beads. Mukluks have black and blue beads on the front. H = 10.5”

Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71718, described as Alaskan woman doll; cloth body with leather face, inked features. Mukluks of tan fur [dog?]; parka of brown reindeer fur with white rabbit trim at the hem and around the face. Hands are tan mittens. The body is made of scraps of printed cotton. H = 10”.

Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71724a-c, described as (a) Alaskan Eskimo doll. Dough face, stuffed fabric body. Has complete Eskimo costume of muskrat, badger, beaver, black fox and nutria furs. (b) Carries a nicely made harpoon. Accompanied by, (c) wood block raft.

Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-6695, described as Bird skin (cormorant ?) parka, feathers out. No hood, straight calf-length hem. Decoration of red cloth and rabbit skin (?) tassels. Depilated, red skin band around hips with gut strips; reindeer and marten (?) on cuffs. Made with Cormorant skin (?), reindeer, marten (?), tanned hide, gut, rabbit skin, woven cloth, cotton thread, sinew thread (?). According to Eskimo consultant Ronald W. Senungetuk, July 1987: "Trim is made of caribou or reindeer, sea otter, ochre dyed bird skin and leather, decorated with red wool fabric, rabbit skin tassels and red band embellished with gut strips sewn above the bottom edge; reindeer hide and marten fur on cuffs. caribou or reindeer skin band turned inside out with seal''s throat skin overlay and danglers made of unborn or newly born fawn skin. Styling is Kodiak which may have been during or after Russian regime but it may be totally traditional." References: Birket-Smith, Ethno. Studies, Copenhagen, 1941, p.124; Hatt, Arct. Anth., 1969, p. 49.

Hearst Museum object titled Parka, accession number 2-108, described as Gut parka for doll, red-dyed vertical stripe in front, red-dyed shoulders and cuffs, fur trimmed hood, cuffs and hem, inserts of green, blue and red wool yarn tufts overall.