Eskimo woman doll. Cloth doll, slightly stuffed, with embroidered features and embroidered tattoo marks. Dressed in tan felt mukluks, black uppers and violet bands. Red satin trousers, rose felt parka with seal fur trim [summer type] and a blue and white polka-dot cotton dress trimmed with green bands, worn on top. H 15”
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada, Coppermine River Eskimo
Culture or time period:
Eskimo
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
October 1978
Materials:
Fur (hair 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 Toronto, Canada, at Eaton’s Department Store, for $50 Canadian. Attached tag verifies that the doll was made by a Coppermine Craft and Guild Canadian Eskimo.