Doll

Museum number:
2-71772
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B39B (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4709
Description:
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”
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Anchorage, Anchorage Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, Alaska, Kuskokwin River Area. Made by Eskimo craftsman, Louisa Artman
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo and Inupiaq Eskimo
Maker or artist:
Louisa Artman
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
6/2/1969
Materials:
Fur (hair material), Paint (coating), Skin (collagenous material), Wood (plant material), and Wool (textile)
Taxon:
Gulo gulo
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 from the Alaska Native Arts and Crafts center. Probably Inupiat Eskimo. Represents the more elaborate furs worn at the marriage ceremony. One of a pair with 2-71715
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
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”

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