Eskimo woman doll, stuffed, stocking knit face with painted features. Dressed in seal skin pants, and boots with summer calico shirt and elaborate beaded collar. H = 5.5”
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Denmark
Verbatim coll. place:
Europe, Denmark, Greenland, south & west
Culture or time period:
Eskimo
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
1960
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Skin (collagenous material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 5, 2000
Context of use:
Purchased in Denmark. Gift to Sarah Gregory on her 7th birthday
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)