Doll

Museum number:
2-71718
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Alternate number:
C487 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4709
Description:
Alaskan woman doll; cloth body with leather face, inked features. Mukluks of tan fur [dog?]; parka of brown reindeer fur with white rabbit trim at the hem and around the face. Hands are tan mittens. The body is made of scraps of printed cotton. H = 10”.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Southern Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, Alaska, southern area
Culture or time period:
Eskimo
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
December 1983
Materials:
Fur (hair material), Leather, and Reindeer hide
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 a shop in Orinda, CA for $25. Said to have been collected in the 1950s. Cf. C446
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71718, described as Alaskan woman doll; cloth body with leather face, inked features. Mukluks of tan fur [dog?]; parka of brown reindeer fur with white rabbit trim at the hem and around the face. Hands are tan mittens. The body is made of scraps of printed cotton. H = 10”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71718, described as Alaskan woman doll; cloth body with leather face, inked features. Mukluks of tan fur [dog?]; parka of brown reindeer fur with white rabbit trim at the hem and around the face. Hands are tan mittens. The body is made of scraps of printed cotton. H = 10”.

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