Doll

Museum number:
2-71725
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
C467j (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4709
Description:
Eskimo bone doll. Face with carved nose and three holes for eyes and mouth. Arms and legs tied to body with twine. The body is of one kind of bone - perhaps antler of deer or seal. Arms and legs look more like sea animal, seal or whale. H = 3.75”
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada, Coppermine River Eskimo, Inuit
Culture or time period:
Copper Eskimo and Eskimo
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
July 1982
Materials:
Bone (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:
Gift to Sarah & Jane Gregory from Mercedes Gardner who purchased it from the University of British Columbia Anthropology Museum in Vancouver, BC, Canada, for $3-5
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71725, described as Eskimo bone doll. Face with carved nose and three holes for eyes and mouth. Arms and legs tied to body with twine. The body is of one kind of bone - perhaps antler of deer or seal. Arms and legs look more like sea animal, seal or whale. H = 3.75”

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