Kaialigmuit Eskimo woman doll. Cloth stuffed body with leather face, embroidered features and real black hair. Dressed in big, heavy sealskin boots to the knees, over khaki trousers. Wears a dull rose, brown and blue print kuspuk trimmed with goat hair around the hood, seal skin hands and seal fur cuffs. Head scarf is of same material as kuspuk. H = 10”.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Chevak, Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, Alaska, Chevak. Made by mother of Ursula Paniyak, named Rosalie.
Culture or time period:
Eskimo
Maker or artist:
Rosalie
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
August 1981
Materials:
Human hair, Leather, and Sealskin
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 at the State Museum of Alaska, Anchorage for $55.50. Kaialignuit Eskimoes are Bering Sea Eskimos. Chevak is quite a ways from Bethel; almost out to the inlets that lead out near Nunivak Island.