Doll

Museum number:
2-361
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Made of loon's head. Carved wood male head and torso with painted features; loon's head cap and hide garment almost disintegrated (noted in 1977); possibly belongs to kayak model.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Child's toy.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 16.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-361, described as Made of loon's head. Carved wood male head and torso with painted features; loon's head cap and hide garment almost disintegrated (noted in 1977); possibly belongs to kayak model.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-361, described as Made of loon's head. Carved wood male head and torso with painted features; loon's head cap and hide garment almost disintegrated (noted in 1977); possibly belongs to kayak model.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-361, described as Made of loon's head. Carved wood male head and torso with painted features; loon's head cap and hide garment almost disintegrated (noted in 1977); possibly belongs to kayak model.

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